" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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As opposed to the US system, where, if you are one of the nearly 50
million without health insurance ........snip

That is a misleading statement. How many of those without health
insurance are in that category based on *their* decision not to carry it
even though they can afford it? How many because they cannot afford it?


Considering the cost of hospital care, I think that if you CHOSE not to have
health insurance, and you could afford it, then "can afford it" has to mean
you're fabulously wealthy, or have a terminal disease and figure insurance
is pointless anyway.