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Re: Trust Me - I'm from the Government to help you

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From: Walter Bright
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:21
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In article <1993Jan21.054210.14736@fylz.wa.com> fyl@fylz.wa.com (Phil Hughes) writes:
/This example has nothing to do with what we are talking about.  We are
/not talking about government provided health care (doctors working for
/the government, hospitals owned by the government, etc) we are talking
/about having one insurance provider (logically the state or federal
/government) paying the bills.  Quite different from how the VA works.

We already got a single insurer for retirement benefits. It's called
Social Security. I've never heard anyone argue that SS saves money over
private retirement insurance plans.
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From: bright@nazgul.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: pnw.general
Subject: Re: Trust Me - I'm from the Government to help you
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Date: 24 Jan 93 17:21:38 GMT
References: <MS-C.727476472.377401575.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> <1993Jan21.054210.14736@fylz.wa.com>
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