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Old 06-22-2009, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by deals_dog View Post
We have nationalized health care in New Zealand, its not a perfect system but if we need to get to hospital or an operation urgently we are in. We are taxed very highly here however but a least we don't have the kinds of problems you folk encounter, the poor are assisted no questions asked
You are not alone. Every industrialized country on Earth has a health care system except for the United States. We are unique in that our values do not extend to taking care of the basic health care needs of everyone.

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