I was underwhelmed by Australian socialized medicine

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I was underwhelmed by Australian socialized medicine

Gary — 2/4/2005 6:31:37 AM (archived)

It worked great if you never got seriously sick. Most people I knew (including physicians) had separate health insurance so they could go to private hospitals and avoid the socialized public hospitals.

Gary

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Aren't you Americans glad you don't have to live with socialized medicine? - LJ - 2/2/2005 5:51:21 PM
- Favorite single-payer quote - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2005 10:20:43 PM
- Market forces - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2005 4:46:40 AM
- State of health "care" in shambles - Lindy - 2/4/2005 5:54:14 PM
- And those are the lucky ones - many just don't get the care to have bills. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/3/2005 2:08:24 AM
- I have lived under socialized medicine... - Larry J - 2/2/2005 10:34:18 PM
  - I had a car once - LJ - 2/4/2005 1:15:11 AM
    - I was underwhelmed by Australian socialized medicine - Gary - 2/4/2005 6:31:37 AM
      - That would be remarkable - Tony - 2/4/2005 4:04:34 PM
      - What a load of ignorant selfserving bullshit - Daniel - 2/4/2005 11:24:00 AM
        
        "progressively rescinded?" Why? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2005 8:06:01 PM
        
        "The majority of people posting at this place are increasingly striking me as ideologically-motivated ignorant fools" - Lindy - 2/4/2005 5:30:43 PM
        
        my, 'three months' goes by so fast doesnt it!? (n/t) - R.L. - 2/5/2005 11:41:35 PM
        
        RL - Lindy - 2/7/2005 6:43:41 AM
        
        Well, that was nasty and abusive! - R.L. - 2/7/2005 6:18:36 PM
        
        So why are you still here then, particularly after you said your goodbyes AND pulled your profile off the album page? - Daniel - 2/5/2005 1:49:10 PM
        
        Cripes, who the heck is twisting your knickers? - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2005 9:48:52 PM
        
        Why? - Lindy - 2/5/2005 5:24:23 PM
        
        Just SOME of the lefties are (n/t) - p - 2/4/2005 8:34:36 PM
    - Yugos were. There was a reason for that. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2005 1:26:55 AM
      - Oh right - I forgot - anything connected with socialism is automatically bad - LJ - 2/4/2005 2:20:38 AM
        
        Forget it Laurie - you're wasting your time. - Daniel - 2/4/2005 11:28:21 AM
        
        re: anything connected with socialism - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2005 5:39:00 AM
        
        re: What is socialism anyway? - Raoul - 2/4/2005 5:27:01 PM
        
        Exactly, Raoul - Daniel - 2/5/2005 2:04:54 PM
        
        re: Exactly - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2005 10:06:20 PM
        
        re: What is socialism anyway? - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2005 8:20:22 PM
        
        Yada yada yada - Lindy - 2/5/2005 5:38:00 PM
        
        This isn't the 1930s any more. - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2005 9:58:27 PM
        
        No. It's this cycle's version of the 1920s. - Mary Anne - 2/6/2005 7:49:40 PM
        
        Words have exact meanings. - Tom Brosz - 2/6/2005 10:39:36 PM
        
        Fine. I want a piece of the White House. - Mary Anne - 2/6/2005 11:45:13 PM
        
        "How did the prosperous get prosperous?" - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2005 3:46:33 AM
        
        So entrepreneurs do this all by themselves? - Mary Anne - 2/7/2005 5:04:25 AM
        
        re: entrepreneurs - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2005 5:52:55 AM
        
        "Countries with a socialized healthcare can very well live on a free market economy." For a while. - Tom Brosz - 2/4/2005 8:05:25 PM
        
        How IS the economy doing over there? - LJ - 2/4/2005 10:16:03 PM
        
        Socialism suxs - Gary - 2/4/2005 6:34:28 AM
- re: Yeah. - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2005 10:08:16 PM

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