It's a bit like getting a lad in his 20s to start a pension (while he's still got forever to live and work) No one's interested (I think I read somewhere in one of the latest threads) as they think they'll never get ill (and forget that illness can include being run down by a bus, or shot, falling off a ladder, ET AL). In the UK we sleep assured that we'l be cared for (whether a tax payer - and therefore NHI contributor - or not). So that's one less thing for the youung turks to not be bothered about.

>For some here, there is an absolute fear of anything that hints of socialized medicine. There are some on the UT who've expressed the opinion that they have thier insurance, so everyone should be able to have thier insurance too. It must be laziness that they don't have any.
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>So it appears that those who don't want to fund a program that supports children are afraid that if it works, people will want to expand the program to include adults also.
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>>Alright, Perry!!! :-)
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>>Kids over here get free dentistry and eyecare, as well as everyone gets free medical (but I think kids's prescriptions are free too). Children are important.
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>>>(For Terry) A point by point analysis of why bush's understanding of the Child Health Care bill is flat out wrong:
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>>>http://democrats.senate.gov/journal/entry.cfm?id=284843&