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From: credmond@watmath.waterloo.edu (Chris Redmond)
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Subject: Re: A true story
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Date: 18 Apr 88 22:42:13 GMT
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In article <19715@think.UUCP> barmar@fafnir.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
>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.

A couple of people have e-mailed me on the same point.

Barry is quite right, of course.  Health care costs the taxpayers money,
big money.

What I meant, and what I should have said, and what I assumed people
would understand that I meant, was that medical treatment is free to
the consumer.

Chris