To be a further bum, I don't have a lot of specific commentary to all of this besides, "Yeah." I mean, I agree - the overall picture is very complex. (And it's an oddity of our modern Western society that the rich are the ones who can afford to exercise.)
The U.S.-specific information is interesting, because I didn't know it.
I'm not sure I understood your point about Medicare vs. private insurance companies, though. What's the significance of the differing overhead costs? *feeling sorta dim* I barely have an idea what Medicare is, to be honest, but it's government-provided health care? Is that federal, or state-to-state?
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Date: 2007-07-28 08:11 am (UTC)The U.S.-specific information is interesting, because I didn't know it.
I'm not sure I understood your point about Medicare vs. private insurance companies, though. What's the significance of the differing overhead costs? *feeling sorta dim* I barely have an idea what Medicare is, to be honest, but it's government-provided health care? Is that federal, or state-to-state?