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Old 09-04-2003, 04:42 AM  
Joe Average
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Originally posted by Colin
You said you pay for it and then said it's free. Can't be true. You ARE paying for your health care, of course. Your government didn't create those services out of thin air.
I think what he meant is that people agree with the way the system is funded.

Here in Australia Medicare is funded by a 1.6% levy applied to gross income. Incidentally, private insurance is encouraged with one third of the cost able to be claimed as a tax deduction.
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