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Old 03-17-2009, 12:58 AM   #22
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People need to read.
But the other way makes a much more shocking thread title!

Of course, the plan does actually have a long-term cost for the vets - if $500 million used to be paid out by the government, now the companies paying out the $500 million are just going to take it out on the people paying the premiums. They certainly aren't going to take it out of their profits - that's unAmerican!

Hey, though, that's capitalism for ya - can't understand how this can be a problem for all the hard-core libertarians and conservatives here. Why should the vets get socialized medicine over anyone else - clearly private medicine is more efficient and the soldiers are going to be better off by some inexplicable process of the market. And if not, what are the soldiers gonna do - sign up for some other army?
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