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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 16:07:19 GMT
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:

> Scott-A wrote:
> 
> > 
> > To a larger extent, I really do think this is paranoia. I suppose in the States
> > every thing seams to have a monitory value, and/or is exploited for it. My only
> > real gripe with the US system is that it has resulted in so much social
> > exclusion within society. I'm talking about people who have only limited access
> > to health, education and other parts of society. I think these are very real
> > problems.
> 
> 
> > Scott A
> 
> This is a major misperception from what I have read in numerous e-mail
> posts from people in Great Britain, do you have examples of "limited
> access" to health care, etc. or is this just a random statement? You can
> go to any employer here and get health care coverage, from gas stations
> to retail shops to factories, etc.


In the UK, you do not have to have  employed to have access to, arguably, one of the
best health services in the world (NHS). Everyone here enjoys a health service which
is "free at the point of delivery" - ie it is paid for via income tax. If you have
never paid 1 penny in tax your entire life you have the same provision as a tax payer
earning £500,000 per annum. "Social Exclusion" is a wider term, I used it to mean
those who  feel alienated/not part of/ unwanted by society.

Scott A
BTW : my wife works for the NHS.



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