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Re: Paul and Russia's health care
I think it would be interesting to hear how the health care system in
Russia
is by our resident Russian Who fan Helen.
Speaking of Russia, I've been studying up on economics just lately,
including the tenets of socialism. According to Marx, the US health care
system is over-capitalized (too much investment in expensive degrees and
expensive equipment) which makes it increasingly more difficult for
companies and private practices to make a profit. Thus, the industry is
calling for the government to bail them out with tax-payer funded health
care so they can continue to invest in expensive equipment and still make
the profits they're used to.
That doesn't sound so good. On the other hand, this situation prices health
care services at a level unavailable to the poor. Marx also noted that a
widening gap between services available to rich and poor leads to forcible
re-distribution of wealth, also known as revolution.
Um. Scary guy, that Marx.
:)
keets
ObWho: The Who have never played in Russia, but in 2000 Pete did comment on
the cost of US health care after he hurt his wrist in Atlanta.
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