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Subject: Re: AW: Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care Posted on: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:28 GMT

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:31:58 +0100, "Turan Fettahoglu"
wrote:

>The case with the cancer patient showed that the NHS does not work properly.
>But in the US the lady might have no insurance at all, which is still worse!
>

Not necessarily. This is part, frankly, of simplistic views of the US
system for your information. The lady would qualify for medicaid most
probably and be covered there. Or for medicare and be covered there
if old enough. Or under state programs. Or under the VA. Etc, etc.
This is one of the great misperceptions about the US system. Just
because someone doesn't have health insurance hardly means that they
don't get medical care. Some don't but certainly not all.