[65573] in Cypherpunks
RE: Workers Paradise. /Political rant.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca)
Mon Sep 16 16:25:34 1996
From: jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 96 15:57:47 EST
To: m5@tivoli.com
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:
> By spreading the risk you minimize the cost.
m5@tivoli.com wrote:
>Yea right.
Actually, yes.=20
Canada has a single payer system and we spend about two thirds as much as t=
he
U.S. on health care as a percentage of G.N.P. We manage to insure all Canad=
ians
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
