[lit-ideas] Re: The flu
- From: "Veronica Caley" <vcaley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:32:20 -0500
"...were some of them taken in by some promises Bush seemed to be making
about cheaper drugs for them?"
Absolutely. But then the other big factor I think was fear. Fear of
terrorists, fear of gays, taken in by excellent propaganda."
I heard Howard Dean (one of the early candidates in the primaries) speak
and he said, that there were no Al Quada in Iraq before invasion, now there
is. This was known before the election. Known at least by people who read
or listened to a variety of sources.
I think the real revolt is going to come when the Corporations severely cut
or do away with health care and drug co-pay. I expect that around Jan.
2006. Of course, it will be too little, too late.
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?
>
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> Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
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