-=> On 01-02-98  21:36, Justin Baustert did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to David Hartung concerning Re: 1/2] Smoking Costs  s <=-
 JB> cover their costs for the folks that can't pay, you aren't
 JB> looking at socialism..  Sounds like free-enterprise to me..
 DH> But what right does the Government have to force me to pay
 DH> for someone  else's health care?
 JB> Who said the government was forcing you to pay anything?
Duh... I see your expertise at logic remains nebulous at
best, Justin. If the government forces the hospital to see
non-paying patients [and it does], the hospital's rate
increases to cover the expense of the non-payors are indeed
directly attributable to the government's actions. 
 JB> I said the hospitals would increase rates, along with  
 JB> insurance companies.. 
... Stupidity is the only universal capital crime. - RAH
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