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| (...) So who picks up the tab? Would I as an uninsured person who walked into an emergency room, get the treatment that I needed if it weren't subsidized? I doubt it. I would get the amount of care where the hospital knew it would be able to recoup (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It's better when you're listening to it with small children. You just ignore the lyrics and dance around. Or is it the music you don't like? Whatever. I never *claimed* that my taste in music was well-aligned with anyone else. (...) They never (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I mostly agree with you. A dominant political philosophy of the last 8 years has been that government can & should solve all social problems. There is an inordinate amount of faith in the power of legislation, and a belief that the ends (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Right, but I just meant that people will be treated when needed. Besides, federal medical care makes HMO's look divine. Bill (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) a (...) I agree, but to nitpick, that service isn't done out of the goodness of the hospital's collective heart; it's subsidized. Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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