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Re: What happened?
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Date: 
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:48:50 GMT
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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:27:07 GMT, "Christopher L. Weeks"
<c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote:

Gosh, I've found that insurance is quite affordable.  What's the scoop?
Oh, maybe it's because I've chosen an employer with a good package of bennies.

And everybody can get a job anywhere they want. I see.

In all cases?  It just burns me up that lung cancer is covered by
medicaid.  Why should I have to pay for a bunch of other peoples' bad decisions?

Lung cancer does not necessarily have anything to do with smoking.

My grandfather died from it, and he never touched a cigarette in his
life. However, his employer felt fit to downplay the risks of working
with asbestos without any protection for years. For a dozen years, he
fought to get simple things, like mouth caps when sawing up boards
stuff, but no... it would cost _at_least_ 5000 dollars a year! Man,
what a blow to the copmpany that would be!

Jasper "Very bitter, yes." Janssen



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  Re: What happened?
 
(...) Well, no. The finiteness of the situation says they can't. From what I've seen public universities are an abundant source of jobs with good benefits. And you seem not to need a clue to get a job there. (...) OK. There is no disease where I can (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: What happened?
 
(...) True. (...) And the fact that you don't have a gun in your house meant that every day when the troops came by to drag your grandfather off to work even though he didn't think it was safe, he went instead of resisting? (...) Larry "very tired (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: What happened?
 
(...) Gosh, I've found that insurance is quite affordable. What's the scoop? Oh, maybe it's because I've chosen an employer with a good package of bennies. (...) I thought government was here to perpetuate itself at the expense of the rest of us. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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