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From: hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Newsgroups: alt.cancer.support, alt.support.diabetes, fidonet.diabetes,
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Subject: Re: Single Payer Universal Health Care
Date: 28 May 2004 10:39:10 -0500
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In article ,
Skeptic wrote:
>I don't disagree with much of your overall point, but let me try to
>add/neutralize some of the extremist portions of your argument - which
>inevitably are the downfall of such opinions as they polarize conversations
>to either being pro or anti - whatever, which is often quite
>counterproductive.
>Again, my opinions come from an MD who sees and appreciates the highlights
>of BOTH sides of this issue, so be careful of attacking people in the
>middle... since people like me are (or should be) your target audience...
>"Sarah" wrote in message
>news:u8GdnVZNluheri3dRVn-jA@rapidnet.com...
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>> Non-profit national health insurance will actually decrease total health
>> care spending while providing more treatment and services
>An interesting concept that has been proposed here and elsewhere a number of
>times.
As I have suggested before, allow those who believe in this
form a VOLUNTARY national organization to do this. If there
are any legislative difficulties in this, I will support them
in removing those difficulties. They can make the rules for
joining and leaving, and how it will operate.
--
This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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