Nanny State - US v UK
May 30th 2007, 1:42 am
#125
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
Actually I wasn't.
I didn't realise that "right to work" actually extended to people who fall ill whilst at work - I know they don't do sick pay here but that is taking the piss.
Still, as long as they all go to church on Sunday they'll be fine :curse:
I didn't realise that "right to work" actually extended to people who fall ill whilst at work - I know they don't do sick pay here but that is taking the piss.
Still, as long as they all go to church on Sunday they'll be fine :curse:
May 30th 2007, 1:42 am
#126
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
May 30th 2007, 2:22 am
#129
Not dead yet
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May 30th 2007, 2:25 am
#130
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
"The Dallas Morning News on Thursday examined how "[a]fter a decade of relative silence, politicians are again broaching the issue of universal health care."
According to the News, "Unlikely coalitions of Republicans and Democrats, insurers and consumers, business and labor are proposing reforms," all of which "vary widely." Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), John Edwards (N.C.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) have said the establishment of universal health coverage should be a priority of the next president."
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=21833
There's hoping...
According to the News, "Unlikely coalitions of Republicans and Democrats, insurers and consumers, business and labor are proposing reforms," all of which "vary widely." Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), John Edwards (N.C.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) have said the establishment of universal health coverage should be a priority of the next president."
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=21833
There's hoping...
May 30th 2007, 3:16 am
#131
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
"The Dallas Morning News on Thursday examined how "[a]fter a decade of relative silence, politicians are again broaching the issue of universal health care."
According to the News, "Unlikely coalitions of Republicans and Democrats, insurers and consumers, business and labor are proposing reforms," all of which "vary widely." Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), John Edwards (N.C.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) have said the establishment of universal health coverage should be a priority of the next president."
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=21833
There's hoping...
According to the News, "Unlikely coalitions of Republicans and Democrats, insurers and consumers, business and labor are proposing reforms," all of which "vary widely." Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), John Edwards (N.C.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) have said the establishment of universal health coverage should be a priority of the next president."
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=21833
There's hoping...
May 30th 2007, 3:35 am
#132
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
tends to be to invite as many middlemen as possible to the party.
May 30th 2007, 12:30 pm
#134
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
The biggest obsticle to US Universal health care is the simple fact that too many powerful corporations and individuals stand to lose too much $$$
May 30th 2007, 1:05 pm
#135
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Re: Nanny State - US v UK
In MA as from JULY...You can't be turned away from hospitals or a doc if you have no money...which happens around here now anyway...our hospital is very slow to send a bill if they ever do...but if you have no healthcare cover you are fined $1700 tax time....so I can see us being very short of min wage workers soon....