From: "Robert Comer" 

> I had 21 years of government health care as a Navy brat.  No thanks.

I did too (only Air Force) and my care was much better than now (and a heck
of a lot cheaper).

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
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> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:25:07 -0500, John Cuccia 
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:29:50 -0500, "Gary Wiltshire"

>> wrote:
>>
>>> I for one am not willing to have
>>> my relatively decent care dragged down to some Canadian average.
>>
>> Relative to what?
>>
>> ==============
>> http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/14128912.htm
>> We're not sure whether to be cheered or disheartened by this news.
>>
>> The good: The biggest study ever of U.S. health care finds that
>> Americans -- rich, poor, male, female, black, white -- get generally
>> equal medical treatment.
>>
>> The bad: That care is far from top-quality.
>>
>> The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, didn't
>> look at difficulties in getting treatment -- such as lack of insurance
>> -- that are clearly affected by income. It looked only at urban-area
>> dwellers who sought treatment, and whether they got the appropriate
>> tests, drugs and treatments. It found, in the words of chief author
>> Dr. Steven Asch, "We all get equally mediocre care."
>>
>> Experts blame the situation on an overburdened, fragmented health care
>> system. To that, we'd add: lax enforcement of a few inept physicians,
>> a general lack of public accountability and -- not least -- the
>> mind-boggling and time-consuming complexity of dealing with health
>> insurance companies.
>>
>> There has  to be a better way
>> =================
>
> I had 21 years of government health care as a Navy brat.  No thanks.
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

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