In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll" said:
"John T" wrote in message
ews.com...
Part of that "economy at large" he was talking about. Gotta pay for those
massive gubment programs somehow...


That largely explains why "the entire British healthcare system is still
much less expensive than the collection of US systems". It's not that it's
actually less expensive, it's that somebody else is paying for most of it.

Economists who can count all the inputs say that in total, Canada spends
considerably less per person on health care than the US. And unlike the
US, they don't leave out 1/4 of the population while doing it.


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
A good landing is one you walk away from. A *great* landing is one after
which you can use the plane another time.