From: "Mark" 


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:mb76u2pap56n49qcsc2l0885ji9692sf2t{at}4ax.com...
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:27:37 -0500, "John Beamish"
>  wrote:
>
>>He's not a UK citizen.  I rather doubt his US medical insurers would
>>accept the size of the Harley street invoices for his elective care.
>
> You are no doubt correct.  The US insurance racket hides behind the
> "reasonable and customary" clauses in their policies to extort money
> from their customers.

Yes, they do.

> The US right has been pushing the "America has the best health care
> system in the world" trope long enough for people like Mark, who are
> willing to suspend their sense of disbelief w/r/t anything coming from
> that particular political precinct, to have bought completely into it.

No I haven't bought into it, we have plenty of problems. Our problems
started when healthcare got latched onto employment when offered as an
inducement to employees during the wages freeze of the 40s.

That doesn't mean that socialized healthcare is a solution; it's just more
of the same.

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