[lit-ideas] Re: The flu

Monday, November 22, 2004, 2:38:52 AM, Robert Paul wrote:



RP> The monthly Medicare fee was just increased by $17--$204 a year. 

*a fee*?!  I pay a fee of £98 (approx.) to get all my prescribed stuff free 
(most people in Wales don't even have to do that) *a fee* to get Medicare?  

and the doctor's charges Carol gave are staggering. If I get too irritated with 
my GPs but don't want the hassle of trying to move to a new practice that's as 
near my house as they are, I can see the only private GP in Cardiff for less 
than that. (Admittedly she and her partners offer a somewhat limited service, 
they can because they know their patients can and will use their NHS GPs too.)


RP> Why doesn't the US have a national health plan? Because it clings to the 
notion
RP> that health care fits the simplistic supply and demand model of traditional
RP> capitalism.

and an important part of "the US" has convinced many there, too many, that 
"socialized medicine" is the road to serfdom.



-- 
 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

Other related posts: