>>>>>That's no matter. There is a say in Turkey "eat grape don't ask vineyard"
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>>>>>The only time that it doesn't matter is if you don't pay taxes (meaning that you are on the dole). I suspect that in these places with "free" health care, I would be paying 50% of my income in taxes. In that case, I would be better off on the dole....
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>>>>I like sharing. Maybe I will lost my job and I will need a green card (green card is our free healthcare card for our unemployment people).
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>>>>If I'm not wrong that's interesting have a legal job doesn't supply americans a health insurance everytime? If it's true, really strange. Your country world's richest country.
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>>>Our health care system is an enduring mystery. Well, not really a mystery -- as is generally the case, corporations and groups with lots of money are not very democratic in their instincts. You're right, we are a rich country, yet we find it tolerable that 30 or 40 million of us have no health insurance.
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>>Is it "democratic" forcing people to buy medical insurance if they don't want it?
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>Do you think many people are uninsured by choice? Besides, there are many approaches to universal health insurance. They don't all involve getting a bill for the coverage. In this case I think we are way behind the other developed nations.
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>Before you or someone else says it, I agree we are talking about socialized medicine. So what? We spend a higher percentage of our GNP on health care than anyone and don't have much to show for it statistically.
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>For this to happen probably a number of things will have to change. One is tort reform. Multimillion dollar malpractice awards have been one of the factors driving health care costs through the roof.
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>It's probably silly to even think about it. Practically every President since Truman, at least the Democratic ones, have talked about health care reform. We all know it's broken but no one seems able to fix it.
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>In case you're wondering, the girls and I do have health insurance, paid for out of my pocket. It costs about $400 a month, which is $400 more than I am making at the moment. I am happier paying it, even though we hardly use it, because this way I can sleep at night. For a while we had no coverage and I passed more than one 3 a.m. worrying what would happen if some catastrophic medical situation arose.

Although it kills me to write this (not really :o), DITTO.