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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Art,<BR>
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I believe that answer is an infinite number of turtles each holding each other and the world.<BR>
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Do we actually need to list the hundreds of stories of those maimed or dead because of our sub-standard health care system? How about the 12-year-old who died because he was not given proper dental care when his MedCaid coverage had been screwed up. <BR>
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Or on a lesser but just as disastrous note: the thousands of bankruptcies caused by inability to pay medical bills. In a FrontLine documentary health officials in major industrialized countries said "No" to the question: "Are any of your citizens denied coverage because of ability to pay?" Their body language shouted out: "Does that really happen in the U.S.?!"<BR>
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During my four years in Denmark my daughter and I, as resident aliens, were covered for everything for every day of my stay there. No questions asked, no preexisting conditions excluded.<BR>
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Shame on the U.S. for having a health care system that is a national disgrace and an international embarrassment. See all the facts that I've gathered at www.home.roadrunner.com/~nickgier/health.htm<BR>
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Nick<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com on behalf of Art Deco<BR>
Sent: Mon 9/14/2009 11:03 AM<BR>
To: Vision 2020<BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Thought to Ponder<BR>
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How many bases are there in reality? Four? Like on a baseball field?<BR>
----- Original Message -----<BR>
From: lfalen<BR>
To: Tom Hansen ; Moscow Vision 2020<BR>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:38 AM<BR>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Thought to Ponder<BR>
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This statement is ridiculous and has no bases in reality.<BR>
Roger<BR>
-----Original message-----<BR>
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen@moscow.com<BR>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:50:40 -0700<BR>
To: "Moscow Vision 2020" vision2020@moscow.com<BR>
Subject: [Vision2020] A Thought to Ponder<BR>
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> "All over the US there are people whose lives are being destroyed for lack<BR>
> of proper health care provision, and there is no sight more odious than<BR>
> the rich, powerful, and arrogant trying to keep it that way"<BR>
><BR>
> - Simon Hoggart, Political sketch artist for the UK Guardian<BR>
> <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonhoggart">http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonhoggart</A><BR>
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>
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> Tom Hansen<BR>
> Moscow, Idaho<BR>
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> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>
><BR>
> - Unknown<BR>
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