Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 12:42:24PM -0500, judd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

While government bureaucracies may in general be wasteful, medicare
is currently more efficient than any private plan. I'm not sure that
the "free market" guarantees the best results for products or services
which are not truly commodities, and I place health care in this
category.

You keep saying that. Please provide a source.

Regards,

-Roberto

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