"Domestos" <andy.mak@virgin.netspam> wrote in message
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> "SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> if we could get universal health care here, id be willing to pay $6/gal.
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> It really is swings an roundabouts...
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> We pay for our health care through national insurance taxes. We pay about
> £100 out of every £2500 into our National Health Care Service (NHS)
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> Now I am not sure what you have to pay for health insurance in the US but
> here in England I would rather have the choice and funnel that £100/month
> into private health cover...
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That is always true of someone young and healthy. You can always buy
insurance cheap then. But most bankruptcies in the US are the result of
health problems and people's insurance running out.