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In article <1993Jan22.204239.14099@ssc.com> fyl@ssc.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
|slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu wrote:
|: In article <1993Jan20.071414.4698@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
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|: |I don't understand why this is such a problem for Americans.
|: |Americans are willing to shop at Pace and other large-scale retailers
|: |that eliminate the middleman.  The Canadian health care system is
|: |exactly the same -- eliminate unnecessary middlemen and the cost goes
|: |down.
|: 
|: 	because we have a choice of whether or not we go to costco.
|: 	should we have one phone carrier, one postal service,
|: 	one grocery store, one...?
|: 	the same could be said of all of them.
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|And in Canada (unlike HMOs here) you have a choice of what doctor you go
|to.  Why do people continue to attempt to equate one insurance provider
|with on choice in health care?

	first I don't know if that is true of all hmos here.
	second it's still giving you no choice in insurance providers.
	for you, this would be like being forced to go to costco,
	but still given a (limited) choice of brands.

	insurance costs too much,
	but I don't buy that most people can't afford it.
	I think a lot of people choose to spend their money otherwise and
	then whine when they need insurance they didn't bother to get early
	because there wasn't an immediate need.
	how many people have cable for instance?
	we know that's overpriced and plenty of people get that,
	probably including a lot people who claim they can't afford insurance.