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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

It certainly is 'not' "incontrovertible".   many will dispute your 'opinion'  
. I don't know about Susan , but I'm one of the few who actually voted for 
real "change".  I did not vote for a single Democrat or 
Republican....................................

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--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Disease-care business decisions
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 1:01 PM
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:28 PM, sjc wrote:
> 
> > Now you can make a lot of money, and have the
> 'best' of records and
> > previous care.....but if it doesn't suit the
> insurance company to pay
> > they have many ways to shut you out believe me.
> 
> That is absolutely correct.
> 
> It is inherent in the for-profit business model to
> eliminate all  
> overhead that does not contribute to profit. In the
> disease-care  
> business that includes anything over the expected income
> from payments  
> received during the policy member's lifetime. So, a
> geezer like me is  
> a bad investment decision for an organ repair or
> transplant, ugh, or  
> extensive hospital care, double-ugh--IF I were inclined to
> send my  
> health care investment money to such a business model.
> 
> If the disease-care system continues as it exists today we
> will become  
> an ever-more unhealthy society. As such we will become less
> productive  
> and will fall behind more progressive societies. I believe
> it is true  
> that we are the only industrial country to not have
> universal health  
> care.
> 
> Many issues can be debated. What is incontrovertible is
> that Americans  
> pay more for so-called health care than any other nation in
> the world  
> and receive inferior treatment compared to other
> industrialized  
> nations. Nearly forty-six million of our citizens have no
> health care  
> beyond emergency services.
> 
> Such a condition is shameful. Such a condition is
> counterproductive.  
> Such a condition is the result of politics at its worst.
> 
> Did you vote for change?
> 
> 
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