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Date Posted: 06:05:14 07/14/09 Tue
Author: Paul Davis
Subject: I expect that last depends
In reply to: Shirley 's message, "Re: Everyone does that but Medicare is far better." on 21:27:00 07/13/09 Mon

On who gets to write the definition of "socialized".

To some, a community barn raising is 'socialism'.

The actual original definition, of workers that own the means of production and vote via the workplace, seems to have been lost in the mists of time.


>I didn't have to get a referral to go to the back pain
>specialist to have injections. Didn't cost me a penny
>out of pocket.
>
>I can choose whatever health care provider or
>specialist.
>
>When I had cataract surgery earlier this year, it
>didn't cost me a dime. Between Medicare and AARP,
>there was no out of pocket. Same thing when my
>husband had pancreatities. He went in via the ER
>thinking he was having a heart attack. All the tests
>and the specialist plus the hospital were paid
>100%--no out of pocket.
>
>If you google "AARP msgazine" you can read online
>several articles on health care in this month's issue.
> There are at least 8 myths and one of them is a
>national health plan would mean socialized medicine.

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Replies:

  • Re: Everyone does that but Medicare is far better. -- Jeffman, 06:13:50 07/14/09 Tue
  • Re: Everyone does that but Medicare is far better. -- Shirley, 17:55:24 07/14/09 Tue
  • Re: Everyone does that but Medicare is far better. -- Mary Anne, 08:41:01 07/15/09 Wed
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