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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: A true story
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Date: 14 Apr 88 15:34:02 GMT
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In article <18292@watmath.waterloo.edu> credmond@watmath.waterloo.edu (Chris Redmond) writes:
>However, the cost of the chemotherapy isn't an argument.  Don't judge
>the rest of the world by United States customs.  In most civilized
>countries, and certainly in Britain, medical treatment is free.

Depends on your definition of "free".  The British pay very hefty
taxes (I've heard of people moving from the UK to the US because of
the tax burden), and I'll bet a significant part of this is to fund
the National Medical program.

TANSTAAFL.

Barry Margolin
Thinking Machines Corp.

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