Sorry, I think I forgot to sign previous message. It's 2 AM and I just got home. Veronica > [Original Message] > From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/21/2004 9:07:07 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The flu > > Sunday, November 21, 2004, 10:27:12 PM, Veronica Caley wrote: > > VC> Why health care is so expensive? > > VC> 30% to 40% goes to insurance company expenses, according to a relative who > VC> is VP in charge of a health care system in a community near where I live. > > Ah. I didn't know whether that was included. The figures for the UK are -- I think -- based on what the Government spends on the NHS. > > > > VC> The new Medicare Prescription Bill prohibits Medicare from negotiating with > VC> pharmaceutical companies for lower prices. > > That is extraordinary. -- perhaps not... > > I could believe Pres. Bush won. > VC> I thought retirees would vote against him by the zillions for this. > > > Yes. I've thought lately the reason why the AARP is so much better organized than older people here is that here people over 60 pay nothing for medicines, too -- were some of them taken in by some promises Bush seemed to be making about cheaper drugs for them? > > -- > > > -- > Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK > mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html