Magical Health Insurance: now you see it, now you don`t.


	Magical Health Insurance: now you see it, now you don`t.

beanz

7-1-2009 7:17 AM

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beanz says:

What kind of a crap system is this, and why would anyone want to keep it ?

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7-1-2009 10:46 AM

tabsey

We are lucky here. We even have choices of which company we insure with ( properly run capitalism should have competition - another problem with health insurance in the US).
The people who will keep it are the ones who make the profits.

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