Posted By: missy on 2008-01-26
In Reply to: did anybody that saw SiCKO feel - like we are a third world country compared to

He fails to say how all these countries offer the *free* healthcare.  That is because it is not truly a free ride.  Every time they pay $6 or more for a gallon of their heavily taxed gasoline they are paying for it.  I know for a fact the property taxes in both Germany and England are outrageous because I have lived both places.  The British also pay outrageous prices for telephone service, must register each TV they have in their home every year and pay to use it, the list goes on and on.  So, while they walk out of the hospital without handing over any money, they have in fact paid for it in various other ways.  Not quite sure Americans would go for some of this since we are already screaming about $3 for a gallon of gas.

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