On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:17:05 -0700, "Hawke"
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There is no
rational reason why a hospital charge just to stay over night in a room is
more than Elton John pays for a suite at the Four Seasons.
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This is "Robin Hood" universal health care, where those with
money pay for not only their own health care, but also the care
for several others, either in full or partially.

The Four Seasons is not under governmental mandate to put up for
the night anyone that shows up and needs a room, regardless of
their ability to pay. The Four Seasons may offer some discounts
from their "list prices," but not for large fractions of their
guests.

Note that in many cases the person who pays the full skippie, is
helping out the needy corporations who have managed to foist off
their retiree health coverage onto the taxpayers through
medicare, and medicare is not making full actual cost
reimbursement.


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).