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A Usenet persona calling itself wrote:
The US, of course, does have a socialized medical system, to some
extent.
Medicare, the health insurance provided to persons aged 65 and older,
is funded by the medicare taxes paid by individuals on their income
(and the payroll tax paid by their employers).
And it's an abysmal failure, as any Medicare patient will tell you. You have
to be indigent before you can use it, and even then the coverage it provides
is limited and the bureaucracy Byzantine.
The US also has a socialized retirement pension system, aka Social
Security retirement benefit.
Also an abysmal failure, which is why Bush wants to let ME keep MY money and
put it away MYSELF for MY retirement.
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Regards,
Scott Weiser
"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM
© 2005 Scott Weiser
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