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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 9/9/09, Wayne Price <I><bear@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Wayne Price <bear@moscow.com><BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Health Care?<BR>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 11:52 PM<BR><BR>
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<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">REALLY makes you wonder!</DIV>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Article 31 of the Iraqi Constitution, drafted by your right-wing Bushies in 2005 and ratified by the Iraqi people, includes state-guaranteed (single payer) healthcare for life for every Iraqi citizen.</DIV>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Article 31 reads:</DIV>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"<EM style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; FONT-STYLE: italic; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><U style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">First</U>: Every citizen has the right to health care. The State shall maintain public health and provide the means of prevention and treatment by building different types of hospitals and health institutions.<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"
class=Apple-style-span><EM style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; FONT-STYLE: italic; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><U style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Second</U>: Individuals and entities have the right to build hospitals, clinics,or private health care centers under the supervision of the State, and this shall be regulated by law.</EM>"</SPAN></EM></DIV>
<P style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 14px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px">There are other health care guarantees, including special provisions for children, the elderly, and the handicapped elsewhere in the 43-page document.Under force of arms, President Bush imposed his particular idea of democracy on a people not asking for it - perhaps a noble undertaking in one context and a criminal violation of international law in another. Bush's followers are proud of the Iraqi Constitution, a model for the world, they told us.So, according to the American political right-wing, government-guaranteed health care is good for Iraqis, but not good for us. Not good for you. They decry even a limited public option for you, but gleefully imposed upon the Iraqis what they label here as "socialism," with much
Democratic Party member support.</DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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