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Insurance for All: Germans Can't Fathom US Aversion to Obama's Healthcare Reform
Der Spiegel ^ | 05/11/2012 | Miriam Widman

Posted on 05/12/2012 2:21:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: Olog-hai

Americans Can’t Fathom Germans Fascination with David Hasselhoff.


101 posted on 05/12/2012 9:07:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Olog-hai

yes, I was mistaken about Bavaria. Hitler considered himself ..”Bavarian by blood..Austrian by nationality’’.


102 posted on 05/12/2012 9:10:44 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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It is right across the river, though. No need for a passport to drive between one and the other nowadays with that (Marx-inspired) Schengen Agreement. (Although there is some selective retraction of Schengen going on . . . just that they won’t allow the UK to close their borders, even though the UK isn’t a signatory to Schengen.)
103 posted on 05/12/2012 9:16:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: andyk
Well then it's not insurance. It's redistribution.

Great point.

I'd add that routine medical care is expected, predictable and a normal service that most everyone consumes.

Insurance is for the unexpected, unpredictable event that is too costly to finance individually. So people buy insurance to spread the cost.

Forcing people to buy insurance for normal health expenditures is like having a mandatory federal insurance program to pay for bread.

Forget I said that. I don't want to give them any ideas!

104 posted on 05/13/2012 7:56:06 AM PDT by SupplySider
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To: publius911

That’s the point. Insurance companies must be able to refuse people with preexisting conditions.


105 posted on 05/13/2012 11:19:53 AM PDT by Yardstick
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