From: jmfbahciv on
In article <RbudnZ0isIZD2srYnZ2dnUVZ8sOdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>news:ej73t9$8qk_006(a)s851.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>> In article <v76dnSNVabJ4h8vYnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>>news:ej4hah$8ss_014(a)s977.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>>> In article <45537045.AC5FCFC6(a)hotmail.com>,
>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Something approaching 20% of the people in our country can't afford
>>>>>> any
>>>> sort
>>>>>> of health care. To say that "ain't broke" is one of the most morally
>>>> bereft
>>>>>> statements I've heard in a very, very long time. Congratulations,
>>>>>> you've
>>>>>> demonstrated the lack of a conscience along with a lack of a brain.
>>>>>
>>>>>BAH may not be aware that it was a social conscience that drove Britain
>>>>>to
>>>> look
>>>>>at the possibility of a National Health Service.
>>>>
>>>> Britain is a single country and has a "small" acreage. The US
>>>> is 50 "countries" span a quarter hemisphere.
>>>
>>>So what?
>>
>> You people honestly can't see the difference?
>
>No. You are trying to imply that the size of the US prevents a single
>organisation running anything

with effectiveness, efficacy, and efficently and with common sense.
No it cannot. To provide something for everybody requires only
minimum equal disbursements to be "fair".


>- this is not the case. On the contrary, the
>size and population of the US would give a nationalised health care system
>phenomenal economies of scale.

Exactly. Corruption would be rampant. Even more than it is today
with the US' parital implementation of an NHS.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <45575045.594C7E30(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >> Britain is a single country and has a "small" acreage. The US
>> >> is 50 "countries" span a quarter hemisphere.
>> >
>> >So what?
>>
>> You people honestly can't see the difference?
>
>It's a bigger country physically..
>
>How do you think it would make a business less efficient ? Is FedEx in Europe
>more or less efficient / profitable than in the USA for example.
>

For medical treatments to be the most effective, the treatment
has to be done at a personal level. What you recommend will
put all treatment at a production line scale.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <xcL5h.3508$Sw1.2625(a)newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
<lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>news:ej73t9$8qk_006(a)s851.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>> In article <v76dnSNVabJ4h8vYnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>
>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>>news:ej4hah$8ss_014(a)s977.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>>> In article <45537045.AC5FCFC6(a)hotmail.com>,
>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Something approaching 20% of the people in our country can't afford
>>>>>> any
>>>> sort
>>>>>> of health care. To say that "ain't broke" is one of the most morally
>>>> bereft
>>>>>> statements I've heard in a very, very long time. Congratulations,
>>>>>> you've
>>>>>> demonstrated the lack of a conscience along with a lack of a brain.
>>>>>
>>>>>BAH may not be aware that it was a social conscience that drove Britain
>>>>>to
>>>> look
>>>>>at the possibility of a National Health Service.
>>>>
>>>> Britain is a single country and has a "small" acreage. The US
>>>> is 50 "countries" span a quarter hemisphere.
>>>
>>>So what?
>>
>> You people honestly can't see the difference?
>
>You make some vague assertions about lack of availability, based upon
>who-knows-what wacko assumptions. Of course we can't see the difference as
>applies to a nationalized health care system. Oh, and by the way, Canada
>spans just as much area as the US.

And they hop the US border to get the medical care.

/BAH
From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >krw wrote:
> >> ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk says...
> >> > On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:41:23 -0500, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > The fact is that some jobs
> >> > >aren't worth "minimum wage".
> >> >
> >> > Are you saying that you consider some jobs to be so menial that you
> >> > would actually pay someone less than enough to live on to do them?
> >>
> >> You read better than I thought. Believe it or not, there are
> >> people who don't need a job to "live", though they may need a job
> >> to learn work skills or pay for a date on Saturday night.
> >
> >Eh ?
>
> He, as I am, think it's important that kids learn how to work
> and earn money. It's good training for the time when they
> are supposed to do this.

I can't disagree with that for sure !


> Instead you socialist types are
> trying to keep all adults in childhood with a nonentity, called
> govnerment, makes all the decisions of living and life style
> for you.

You are entirely mistaken. I've been self-employed for 21 years for example.
That doesn't sound very socialist to me !


> This is anathema to a lot of people in the USA; however,
> this allergy appears to be getting cured rapidly.

Your view of Europe is once again in error.

Graham

From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> In article <2c2ba$455743de$49ecffa$23510(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>
>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <a687d$4557300e$49ecffa$23098(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
>>> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>>You are wrong. Some, if not all, are science and/or engineering
>>>trained. I'm trying to figure out how thinking that is used to
>>>working analytically, makes such spectacular thinking leaps.
>>
>>We disagree.
>
>
> <gasp>!!!!! What are we supposed to do now? ;-)

Heck, I dunno, get into a flamewar like everyone else?

Pass. :-)