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Sal Minella

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Fri Sep-25-09 09:50 AM
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3. To my way of thinking, if the gov employees' coverage and claims

cannot be denied because of pre-existing conditions, and if they pay only a part of their share of the insurance premiums, that is in effect "government-provided health care" or so close to it that the distinction is an artificial construct, and is not worth making.

The main difference is the extra expense to the government of paying the cost of Insurance executives and roomfuls of people on phones denying claims to people who have paid their INSURANCE premiums in good faith, expecting to have health care costs covered in return.

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