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From: trexo@encompass.net
Subject: Re: Single Payer Universal Health Care
Newsgroups: alt.cancer.support, alt.support.diabetes, fidonet.diabetes,
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In alt.cancer.support Evelyn Ruut  wrote:
> Make a single payer universal health care system and all the prices
> will go down.

There is NO free lunch.  Name a 'single payer' system that doesn't have
shortages and long delays for complex treatments such as surgery, etc.