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RE: public health care - what should it cost? - 3/22/2010 6:42:16 AM

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Recission and exclusion for prior conditions may not qualify for financial cost analysis but do for human cost analysis. Under emprloyer based health insurance you are just tough out of luck if your job goes overseas without you and you are say 50 years old. Out of work and uninsurable. Kiss your house goodbye.

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RE: public health care - what should it cost? - 3/23/2010 12:12:12 AM

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I think Lady Ellen asks the question that should be the main question in any health care legislation of the US. Any effort to reform healthcare without analyzing what it costs and (even more importantly) where the money goes makes no sense. Regrettably Obama approach practically ignores this simple thing. What should it cost? For US the most likely answer would be: it should cost about 40% less compared what it costs today. This reduction of the cost estimate would be based on what other developed countries spend having better results.

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