From: jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:09:50 +0800
To: m5@tivoli.com
Subject: RE: Workers Paradise. /Political rant.
Message-ID: <9608168429.AA842914706@smtplink.alis.ca>
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jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:
> By spreading the risk you minimize the cost.

m5@tivoli.com wrote:
>Yea right.

Actually, yes. 

Canada has a single payer system and we spend about two thirds as much as the
U.S. on health care as a percentage of G.N.P. We manage to insure all Canadians
while about 35% of people in the U.S. have *no* health insurance.

Yes, the insurance premium is not optional. Yes, it *is* cheaper.

Ciao,
James