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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Tolerable exploitation&quot;.  I agree with you on this point, of course.  A middle man used to be called &quot;Mr/Mrs ten percent&quot; and played a valuable part as intermediary in business.  The tax-payer funded Councillor, however,  providing you with garbage collection, pothole filling, car parking etc. should not be amongst the &#039;exploiters&#039; demanding &#039;bonuses&#039; for doing the job they are already well paid for.  

I see in today&#039;s British papers that one Council head on an annual salary of BP160,000 (more than the Prime Minister), hasn&#039;t attended her office since November.  We are not allowed to know why she can&#039;t work for her salary and  in my opinion this is not &#039;tolerable exploitation&#039; but outright abuse of public office.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Tolerable exploitation&#8221;.  I agree with you on this point, of course.  A middle man used to be called &#8220;Mr/Mrs ten percent&#8221; and played a valuable part as intermediary in business.  The tax-payer funded Councillor, however,  providing you with garbage collection, pothole filling, car parking etc. should not be amongst the &#8216;exploiters&#8217; demanding &#8216;bonuses&#8217; for doing the job they are already well paid for.  </p>
<p>I see in today&#8217;s British papers that one Council head on an annual salary of BP160,000 (more than the Prime Minister), hasn&#8217;t attended her office since November.  We are not allowed to know why she can&#8217;t work for her salary and  in my opinion this is not &#8216;tolerable exploitation&#8217; but outright abuse of public office.</p>
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		<title>By: No need for a shallow grave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[No need for a shallow grave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is high time for me to introduce the concept of &quot;tolerable exploitation&quot; to anyone who thinks non-profit =/= COMMUNISM.


COMMUNISM is a FAILURE because no one wants to be FORCED to give their stuff away for free. Not labor, not land, nor family jewels. Oh sure, people get a benevolent streak going here and there, and we can be grateful for that. But in general, people need POSITIVE MOTIVATION. Not a bayonet in their back...


Thus &quot;tolerable exploitation&quot; is a reasonable rate of return for investors, and that comes from profits of an enterprise, the remainder going to current leadership, be they executive managers or founders. Growth (equity) = profit, so reinvestment beyond basic maintenance is ALSO profit! Managed growth, rate of return tied to interest rates, and the FED out of interest rate fixing is all needed. I would expect investor returns of 7% would work out great for everyone, as would interest rates. If reinvestment and entrepreneurial rates were similar, you get managed growth, stimulus to create jobs, and wages tied at least partially to productivity rather than stagnating at 0% for 40 years against inflation (at least in the USA).


A national sales tax of 7%, and some stable and expected currency devaluation on a schedule can fund normal governmental functions. The US Dollar continues as reserve currency, and a resurgence in the US economy will keep it there. 


The ENTIRE WORLD must start to pay taxes to the US in the form of mild currency devaluation over time out in the open. As bad as US interventionism &amp; war profiteering in the Middle East really is, they amount to not much more than a &quot;hobby war&quot; for Zionists that sit atop the thrown of Amerisrael. Stop and think! Imagine the world WITHOUT the USA. It would be run by Russian Oligarchs or perhaps the Chinese....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is high time for me to introduce the concept of &#8220;tolerable exploitation&#8221; to anyone who thinks non-profit =/= COMMUNISM.</p>
<p>COMMUNISM is a FAILURE because no one wants to be FORCED to give their stuff away for free. Not labor, not land, nor family jewels. Oh sure, people get a benevolent streak going here and there, and we can be grateful for that. But in general, people need POSITIVE MOTIVATION. Not a bayonet in their back&#8230;</p>
<p>Thus &#8220;tolerable exploitation&#8221; is a reasonable rate of return for investors, and that comes from profits of an enterprise, the remainder going to current leadership, be they executive managers or founders. Growth (equity) = profit, so reinvestment beyond basic maintenance is ALSO profit! Managed growth, rate of return tied to interest rates, and the FED out of interest rate fixing is all needed. I would expect investor returns of 7% would work out great for everyone, as would interest rates. If reinvestment and entrepreneurial rates were similar, you get managed growth, stimulus to create jobs, and wages tied at least partially to productivity rather than stagnating at 0% for 40 years against inflation (at least in the USA).</p>
<p>A national sales tax of 7%, and some stable and expected currency devaluation on a schedule can fund normal governmental functions. The US Dollar continues as reserve currency, and a resurgence in the US economy will keep it there. </p>
<p>The ENTIRE WORLD must start to pay taxes to the US in the form of mild currency devaluation over time out in the open. As bad as US interventionism &amp; war profiteering in the Middle East really is, they amount to not much more than a &#8220;hobby war&#8221; for Zionists that sit atop the thrown of Amerisrael. Stop and think! Imagine the world WITHOUT the USA. It would be run by Russian Oligarchs or perhaps the Chinese&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I shan&#039;t snag you at all.  I agree totally. Although I think medicine, education and facilities should be Non Profit.  By which I mean no margin between gross and net after all R&amp;D etc have been catered for.  I disagree totally with the idea that to get the right man for the job necessitates searching within an extremely small pool of connected genes and coming up with a &#039;mate&#039; who&#039;s reward for success/failure is equally rewarded and way outside the norm.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I shan&#8217;t snag you at all.  I agree totally. Although I think medicine, education and facilities should be Non Profit.  By which I mean no margin between gross and net after all R&amp;D etc have been catered for.  I disagree totally with the idea that to get the right man for the job necessitates searching within an extremely small pool of connected genes and coming up with a &#8216;mate&#8217; who&#8217;s reward for success/failure is equally rewarded and way outside the norm.</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[XCSX]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used the 100mill figure because both major hospitals in my hometown are CONSTANTLY expanding, and are constantly looking for financing. Interesting that you use the word &#039;reserves&#039;. I would think that &#039;reserves&#039; would be a function of &#039;profits&#039;, the theme of our discussion. I do think that something should be done about the obscene profits that the drug manufacturers make. And I don&#039;t entirely believe their claim that &quot;We have to make uber profits to finance R&amp;D.&quot;  I&#039;m okay with &#039;profits&#039;, but not to the point where they hold people &#039;hostage&#039;. You&#039;ll probably snag me on this one.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used the 100mill figure because both major hospitals in my hometown are CONSTANTLY expanding, and are constantly looking for financing. Interesting that you use the word &#8216;reserves&#8217;. I would think that &#8216;reserves&#8217; would be a function of &#8216;profits&#8217;, the theme of our discussion. I do think that something should be done about the obscene profits that the drug manufacturers make. And I don&#8217;t entirely believe their claim that &#8220;We have to make uber profits to finance R&amp;D.&#8221;  I&#8217;m okay with &#8216;profits&#8217;, but not to the point where they hold people &#8216;hostage&#8217;. You&#8217;ll probably snag me on this one.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes of course I&#039;d be looking at the figures especially their reserves.  Suddenly finding themselves in need of $100 ml investment for improvements suggests shortsightedness on behalf of the management.  I&#039;d expect it to be a &#039;gilt edge&#039; company paying fixed interest/dividend.  

I could split hairs and say that improvements come under expenses but never mind.  Let&#039;s change it to hospital extension for the sake of your argument.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes of course I&#8217;d be looking at the figures especially their reserves.  Suddenly finding themselves in need of $100 ml investment for improvements suggests shortsightedness on behalf of the management.  I&#8217;d expect it to be a &#8216;gilt edge&#8217; company paying fixed interest/dividend.  </p>
<p>I could split hairs and say that improvements come under expenses but never mind.  Let&#8217;s change it to hospital extension for the sake of your argument.</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[XCSX]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And you don&#039;t think that&#039;s the least bit funny, you need help &amp; you get to choose between &#039;Allah&#039; and &#039;Akbar&#039;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And you don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the least bit funny, you need help &amp; you get to choose between &#8216;Allah&#8217; and &#8216;Akbar&#8217;?</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[XCSX]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rear-end component of the ACA provides for the bail-out of healthcare insurers. Repub&#039; congressmen are currently enacting legislation to preclude such.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A rear-end component of the ACA provides for the bail-out of healthcare insurers. Repub&#8217; congressmen are currently enacting legislation to preclude such.</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[XCSX]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s taking me a while to grasp the depth of your determination to be drop-dead resolute. I won&#039;t try to amuse you again. I get the impression that you have had some 1st hand experience with morbid healthcare situations. I will, however,regale you with some of my daughter&#039;s medical experiences. One such being the treatment of a young lady who, traveling at night along a rural Florida highway, feeling the urge to relieve herself, pulled off the highway, walked into the palmetto, and squatted on a rattlesnake. Sara&#039;s 1st snakebite patient. Large snake. Lots of venom injected. Did you know that anti-venom is 10K$ per vial? I was flabbergasted when Sara told me that.----- Well anyway, the patient survived, (with the requisite nasty scar) and a 90K$ hosp bill. Hey wait, YOU made ME laugh.----- when you said &quot;and the single payer is um-wah&quot; That was a funny, right? (Maybe you ain&#039;t so drop-dead resolute after all, darlin&#039;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s taking me a while to grasp the depth of your determination to be drop-dead resolute. I won&#8217;t try to amuse you again. I get the impression that you have had some 1st hand experience with morbid healthcare situations. I will, however,regale you with some of my daughter&#8217;s medical experiences. One such being the treatment of a young lady who, traveling at night along a rural Florida highway, feeling the urge to relieve herself, pulled off the highway, walked into the palmetto, and squatted on a rattlesnake. Sara&#8217;s 1st snakebite patient. Large snake. Lots of venom injected. Did you know that anti-venom is 10K$ per vial? I was flabbergasted when Sara told me that.&#8212;&#8211; Well anyway, the patient survived, (with the requisite nasty scar) and a 90K$ hosp bill. Hey wait, YOU made ME laugh.&#8212;&#8211; when you said &#8220;and the single payer is um-wah&#8221; That was a funny, right? (Maybe you ain&#8217;t so drop-dead resolute after all, darlin&#8217;)</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[XCSX]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize if &#039;troll&#039; offended U. I have redacted all of my comments regarding use of &#039;troll&#039; on your behalf. Any investment carries a modicum of risk. Ordinarily, greater risk means potential greater reward. The inverse is obviously also true. But you haven&#039;t answered my ? about a potential investor looking at a hospital&#039;s bottom line. Let&#039;s try role reversal. Let&#039;s say a hospital needs 100 mill in capital improvements. (Not hard to imagine) Hosp Administrators are looking for investors. You are a potential investor. Would YOU be looking @ balance sheet?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I apologize if &#8216;troll&#8217; offended U. I have redacted all of my comments regarding use of &#8216;troll&#8217; on your behalf. Any investment carries a modicum of risk. Ordinarily, greater risk means potential greater reward. The inverse is obviously also true. But you haven&#8217;t answered my ? about a potential investor looking at a hospital&#8217;s bottom line. Let&#8217;s try role reversal. Let&#8217;s say a hospital needs 100 mill in capital improvements. (Not hard to imagine) Hosp Administrators are looking for investors. You are a potential investor. Would YOU be looking @ balance sheet?</p>
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		<title>By: pfbonney</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pfbonney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boy.  That sure explains a lot.  Looks like they&#039;ll not only make their money, but at their competitor&#039;s expense!  


It&#039;s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and UHC is the smarter dog.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy.  That sure explains a lot.  Looks like they&#8217;ll not only make their money, but at their competitor&#8217;s expense!  </p>
<p>It&#8217;s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and UHC is the smarter dog.</p>
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		<title>By: thult</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thult]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[United Healthcare is the government APPOINTED manager of MediCare/Medicaid!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>United Healthcare is the government APPOINTED manager of MediCare/Medicaid!</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then good.  What right have charities, hospitals and clinics got to think in such terms?  Profit.  Profit.  Profit.  Growth.  Bullshit.  Let&#039;s have a little value for money  for a change.  Let&#039;s have a bit of philosophical thought on the subject of where it&#039;s all heading.  You all defend the CEO&#039;s paycheck of $25million per annum as though he had actually sat down 9 - 5pm and earned (can&#039;t be arsed to do the math) per hour.  Come on.  The bubble burst for most everyone and yet you argue to keep the 1% fully pumped up in theirs as though the rest of us will perish without their crumbs.  We&#039;ll see a bit more &#039;trickle down&#039; when theirs is burst and the benefits are more equitably spread.

As I argued elsewhere, I support the sort of model that John Spaden Lewis advocated when he set up John Lewis in Britain:   &quot;INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY&quot;  he called it,  and looking at the balance sheets of such companies and the &#039;happiness&#039;  level of their staff/shareholders/customers,  I shall plump for this model.  It would seem to represent a win-win situation, so rare nowadays.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then good.  What right have charities, hospitals and clinics got to think in such terms?  Profit.  Profit.  Profit.  Growth.  Bullshit.  Let&#8217;s have a little value for money  for a change.  Let&#8217;s have a bit of philosophical thought on the subject of where it&#8217;s all heading.  You all defend the CEO&#8217;s paycheck of $25million per annum as though he had actually sat down 9 &#8211; 5pm and earned (can&#8217;t be arsed to do the math) per hour.  Come on.  The bubble burst for most everyone and yet you argue to keep the 1% fully pumped up in theirs as though the rest of us will perish without their crumbs.  We&#8217;ll see a bit more &#8216;trickle down&#8217; when theirs is burst and the benefits are more equitably spread.</p>
<p>As I argued elsewhere, I support the sort of model that John Spaden Lewis advocated when he set up John Lewis in Britain:   &#8220;INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY&#8221;  he called it,  and looking at the balance sheets of such companies and the &#8216;happiness&#8217;  level of their staff/shareholders/customers,  I shall plump for this model.  It would seem to represent a win-win situation, so rare nowadays.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh right.  So now you want to bail out the insurance companies too.  Poor insurance companies.  How they must be struggling.  Never mind, just think of the trickle down that will produce - once they&#039;ve paid their annual bonuses that is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh right.  So now you want to bail out the insurance companies too.  Poor insurance companies.  How they must be struggling.  Never mind, just think of the trickle down that will produce &#8211; once they&#8217;ve paid their annual bonuses that is.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well now, I don&#039;t really know. Are they good doctors, or do you believe that one&#039;s name somehow stymies one&#039;s ability?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well now, I don&#8217;t really know. Are they good doctors, or do you believe that one&#8217;s name somehow stymies one&#8217;s ability?</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  There are trees in the grounds of the Government Hospital, Delhi.  It is shady and the sound of birds gives a tranquil feel to the place.  A woman is slumped on the roots of one of the the shady trees... stone  dead.  The  A and E department is below ground, down a concrete ramp.  Exactly like an underground multi-storey car park. As you descend, you begin to see blood on the walls and the sounds of excruciating pain.  An old man sits on an old charpoy by the wall, his stump of a leg wrapped in  gauze and dripping blood.  He has received no pain releif and groans while he rocks back and forth.  At the bottom of the ramp,  where there would normally be parked cars, hundreds of charpoys are lined up in the gloom, each with the filthiest sheet you ever saw.  Every patient is an accident or emergency.  In the actual &#039;consulting room&#039; 4 young Indian doctors beaver with little or no equipment on patients lying in blood and gore. 

It is obligatory (or it was) for Indian doctors to serve their first year in such conditions and I expect they learn a great deal from the experience and take my hat off to them.  

However, that is India.  

Personally, I would go for dropping the &quot;stellar&quot; salaries (why would anyone need $23 million per annum to live on?).  Why should I pay ten times the price of a generic aspirin just because a copy of it is in a bit of tinfoil with a fancy name on the box?  

I see so many ways to bring down costs before reducing services and yet you won&#039;t even countenance such a solution.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  There are trees in the grounds of the Government Hospital, Delhi.  It is shady and the sound of birds gives a tranquil feel to the place.  A woman is slumped on the roots of one of the the shady trees&#8230; stone  dead.  The  A and E department is below ground, down a concrete ramp.  Exactly like an underground multi-storey car park. As you descend, you begin to see blood on the walls and the sounds of excruciating pain.  An old man sits on an old charpoy by the wall, his stump of a leg wrapped in  gauze and dripping blood.  He has received no pain releif and groans while he rocks back and forth.  At the bottom of the ramp,  where there would normally be parked cars, hundreds of charpoys are lined up in the gloom, each with the filthiest sheet you ever saw.  Every patient is an accident or emergency.  In the actual &#8216;consulting room&#8217; 4 young Indian doctors beaver with little or no equipment on patients lying in blood and gore. </p>
<p>It is obligatory (or it was) for Indian doctors to serve their first year in such conditions and I expect they learn a great deal from the experience and take my hat off to them.  </p>
<p>However, that is India.  </p>
<p>Personally, I would go for dropping the &#8220;stellar&#8221; salaries (why would anyone need $23 million per annum to live on?).  Why should I pay ten times the price of a generic aspirin just because a copy of it is in a bit of tinfoil with a fancy name on the box?  </p>
<p>I see so many ways to bring down costs before reducing services and yet you won&#8217;t even countenance such a solution.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[offense = &quot;BagTroll&quot;.  Troll is not what I am.

Investors should not be &#039;gambling&#039; on a health system.  That suggests a volatile market.  Wherever the money is raised to provide this &#039;human right&#039; should be fixed and safe.  I&#039;m afraid I am pro the British NHS even though successive governments, both left and right, have set out to destroy it.  It is (as I speak) being carved up and handed in neat parcels to &#039;mates&#039; and to date, the result is proving disastrous.  (similarly in education)

Arguing that Revenue - Expenses = Value  is not as rewarding as Revenue - Expenses - Profit = Value  flies in the face of logic.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>offense = &#8220;BagTroll&#8221;.  Troll is not what I am.</p>
<p>Investors should not be &#8216;gambling&#8217; on a health system.  That suggests a volatile market.  Wherever the money is raised to provide this &#8216;human right&#8217; should be fixed and safe.  I&#8217;m afraid I am pro the British NHS even though successive governments, both left and right, have set out to destroy it.  It is (as I speak) being carved up and handed in neat parcels to &#8216;mates&#8217; and to date, the result is proving disastrous.  (similarly in education)</p>
<p>Arguing that Revenue &#8211; Expenses = Value  is not as rewarding as Revenue &#8211; Expenses &#8211; Profit = Value  flies in the face of logic.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you&#039;re on you should desist.  You&#039;re becoming paranoid.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever you&#8217;re on you should desist.  You&#8217;re becoming paranoid.</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The illegals &amp; welf sponges will still go to ER for treatmt. And it will still be illegal for the hosp 2 refuse ER trtmt, insured or not. And hosp will continue to overcharge the rest of us 2 make up difference, or go bankrupt. Or we cud get the medical firm of Binder, Achmed , Moohammad, Allah, &amp; Akbar 2 do their residency in ER, and work fer cheap. The triage nurse wud be required by law (if yer WASP) to ask &quot; Wud U prefer Dr Allah or Dr Akbar?&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The illegals &amp; welf sponges will still go to ER for treatmt. And it will still be illegal for the hosp 2 refuse ER trtmt, insured or not. And hosp will continue to overcharge the rest of us 2 make up difference, or go bankrupt. Or we cud get the medical firm of Binder, Achmed , Moohammad, Allah, &amp; Akbar 2 do their residency in ER, and work fer cheap. The triage nurse wud be required by law (if yer WASP) to ask &#8221; Wud U prefer Dr Allah or Dr Akbar?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very funny, BL.  III points! But I&#039;m not referring to um-wah single payer. I&#039;m referring to Obam-wah single payer. (Please Google &quot;Harry Reid Single Payer&quot;.) Then tell me what you think, BL.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very funny, BL.  III points! But I&#8217;m not referring to um-wah single payer. I&#8217;m referring to Obam-wah single payer. (Please Google &#8220;Harry Reid Single Payer&#8221;.) Then tell me what you think, BL.</p>
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		<title>By: XCSX</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 03:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan McCloud...... I live in the mountains.      danmccld@live.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan McCloud&#8230;&#8230; I live in the mountains.      <a href="mailto:danmccld@live.com">danmccld@live.com</a></p>
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