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Just a loose observation this - my most recent stay in hospital (a few weeks ago) brought mildly to mind just how much problems of scale obtain. This time, I was a much smaller hospital than previously, and it was hard not to notice how an institution where you recognise faces (and they recognise you) works better (I'm thinking of NHS in all cases btw) best Dave On 02/03/2009, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This has been fascinating, when I could take time away from work to look at > you all carrying on. Here in Canada, especially Alberta, we have a pretty > good system, which is much cheaper overall than that in the US, but it is > expensive, our politicians tell us, & there are long wait lists, so of > course, a Private/Public system would be Much Better! > > Under the influence of US insurance companies, our government(s) keep trying > to convince the majority of us that this would be a Good Idea, but we keep > saying No, we like it this way, so a slow choking of the system is the best > they can do to get us to go along. It's slowly working I'm afraid. > > But you're right Mark, it feels a lot less anxious to think that the system > is there for everyone, when each of us might need it. We live in hope.... > > Doug > On 1-Mar-09, at 3:48 PM, Mark Weiss wrote: > > > A socialized system removes a few of the anxieties that otherwise plague > us (as in U.S.). And it's far easier to make adventurous decisions if > medical coverage isn't an issue. > > > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest books: > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > Wednesdays' > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html > > It's always night or we wouldn't need light. > > Thelonious Monk > -- David Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/ The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk