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Re: Trying to understand
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:35:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Well plowed ground alert.
I guess I was out smelling the roses when the ground was plowed. :-)
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
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> > So who picks up the tab?
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> You do. Or you should. It's not my problem if you didn't manage your affairs
> correctly. Maybe I'll decide to help, but it should be my decision.
> Medical care is a good, that is, a form of property. There are no rights to
> free goods.
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> > 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 it's costs.
> > Any more than that and it would risk taking a hit in the pocket book.
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> > The government, in subsidizing medical care, is providing a relatively equal
> > footing for me to recieve treatment regardless of my ability to pay. I feel
> > that as a relieving thought. No it's not perfect, but at least I know I'll be
> > alive to admire it's imperfection.
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> Thanks to someone else paying for it?
Ouch! With that one sentence you hit a nerve. You have a point that I'll have
to ponder some more. If I can come to a conclusion anytime soon, I'll get back
to you.
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> > > Besides, medical treatment is not a "right".
> > > Those who have more money always get better treatment.
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> > True. It's been that way throughout history with most things. The rich always
> > get better X.
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> Which is as it should be, I would say.
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> ++Lar
-Duane
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| Well plowed ground alert. (...) You do. Or you should. It's not my problem if you didn't manage your affairs correctly. Maybe I'll decide to help, but it should be my decision. Medical care is a good, that is, a form of property. There are no rights (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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