Free Health Care for All?


	Free Health Care for All?

The AnswerMan

3-28-2009 1:44 PM

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health care, free medical care

The AnswerMan says:

Free health care isn't free, and here's why. It's not the money, we spend too much on it already, if you examine the numbers. Look at how long you'll have to wait if Canada, Britian and other countries with socialized medicine are any indication. It really is astounding. You have to see this.

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