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Re: Trying to understand
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:15:22 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
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> > > So those without the means to pay the bills suffer? Not very humanitarian.
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> > That's still not the business of the federal gov't. They are there to provide • a
> > framework which protects our liberties - not to dole out compassion. That
> > argument doesn't hold water anyway, anyone can go to the emergency room
> > regardless of ability to pay.
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> I agree, but to nitpick, that service isn't done out of the goodness of the
> hospital's collective heart; it's subsidized.
Today it is, because bad money (gov't charity) has driven out good
(private charity). It used to be a pure charity decision, the hospital
(if for profit) took a deliberate margin hit, or raised the money by
charity drives.
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