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 XPost: ca.politics 
 From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net 
  
 hlillywh@juno.com (Hal Lillywhite) wrote: 
  
 > Lobby Dosser  wrote in message 
 > news:... 
 > 
 >> >> P.S. No shortage of flu shots in Canada, and they're free! 
 > 
 >> > No, they are not free. Canadians pay for them through their taxes. 
 >> > What "free" in this context means is you already paid for it, 
 >> > whether you want it or not. 
 > 
 >> Sorta like Blue Cross without the middle man. You paid for my hip 
 >> replacement whether you wanted to or not. And befor the next two 
 >> weeks are up, we'll bot be paying for somebody's coronary, whether we 
 >> want to or not. 
 > 
 > Sorta but sorta not.  Here I can chose which insurance company I want 
 > to deal with (or my employer can), or I can even be dumb and not get 
 > any insurance at all.  I can get catastrophic only coverage, or a 
 > policy that covers most every little cold I have.  My cost will 
 > reflect which I select.  In Canada they don't have that option, one 
 > size fits all and if it doesn't happen to fit you, well too bad, you 
 > can go to the US and pay for a doc you trust more. 
 > 
 > Of course the complete, tax funded system encourages overuse and long 
 > lines at the doc's office too. 
 > 
  
 The insurance funded option doesn't do this? Read what I said: We Are 
 Paying Right Now! We are paying higher insurance premiums and we are 
 paying higher medical costs. 
  
 You also might go look at what Kerry is proposing. It is NOT a submit a 
 bill to the government program. It is NOT government employed health care 
 workers. 
  
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