From: minutemn@yabbs
To: laelth@yabbs
Subject: re: Socialized Medicine
Date: Wed Feb  9 22:40:45 1994

Well, maybe you should also wonder why all those nations are slowly 
finding their systems going bankrupt (such as Sweden) failing because of 
the constricting beauracracy created (such as England), or finding some 
of its citizens fleeing the taxes of their country, but returning for 
medical care (such as Canada).  Yes, it is true that the "health care 
industry" (doctors, hospitals, pharmaceautical companies) do have high 
bills.  This comes not, as you put it from "the market system at its 
pest"  but from the common fact of high insurance costs.  These come from 
the number and incredible sums awarded from malpractice suits (trust me, 
I'm Pre-Law, not Pre-Med, and what I'm saying is damning my own 
profession).  As for your 25%, this number is fallacious.  23.75% (or so) 
of those are TEMPORARILY without health care coverage.  This can occur for 
several reasons, change of jobs, insurance companies, moving, etc.  which 
leaves approx 2% of Americans without Health care.  it is to these 2% that 
 the government must focus it resources.  This can be done through a 
thorough reorganization of current social programs.