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Jan 26 20:46 UTC 1996 |
Health care is expensive. I had a little gall-bladder emergency with
no operation and was in the hospital four days, and the bills totaled
nearly $20,000. That's the $200/month which is too much for almost
17 years. They have to collect that money to pay for your health care.
Time had a good article on aspects of "managed care" (HMOs), and there
sure seems to be a lot of both care limits and skimming (graft, I call
it), but the fact is, the public demands the nth degrees in health care,
which makes the cost *open ended*. The only thing that ultimately limits
the potential cost is that you die. The health care industry managed to
kill Clinton's plan for national health coverage by poisoning the public's
mind, but if you want economical health care, it is going to have to be
nationalized and rationed.
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