NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/tx/politics/7633

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From: [e-mail] (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: tx.politics
Subject: Re: YOU OWE ME FREE HEALTHCARE!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 23 Nov 92 14:11:46 GMT
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Reply-To: [e-mail] (John F. Haugh II)
Distribution: tx
Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>You've spent more on insurance in two years than you could have ever spent in
>medical bills? That is utterly absurd.  Two emergency room trips to have you
>checked out after bicycle accidents is small potatoes.  Imagine how much money
>you'd have spent if you had ... AIDS for example. Or maybe leukemia, or a brain
>tumor... or what if your neck had been broken in one of your bicycle wrecks.

Imagine if the entire planet had to have open heart surgery next week.  Then
we'd have more medical expenses than any collection of premiums code pay
for.

Fortunately the odds are against that happening, so David only has to pay
for his fraction of the risk of having open heart surgery.  But his point
is well-made.  If I live a clean life, eat right, don't smoke, don't screw
around, wear a bicycle helmet, floss after every meal, MY risk of incuring
some medical expense is lower than someone who doesn't do one of those
things.

I will refrain from mentioning that my medical insurance was $300 per year
the last time I carried my own ...
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