On 28 Oct 2008 at 13:18, John Williams wrote: > Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > The larger the pool of participants in a health plan, the smaller > > the cost to each participant in that pool. > > If the participants are chosen randomly. Not so if the additional > participant is a high risk of an expensive health problem. Health > insurance is an extraordinarily complicated problem.
Yes, and it's worth studying countries which have far lower costs for it than the US, but without the slow moving behemoth of the UKs NHS. Neither healthcare system can be defended on any basis other than "it evolved that way". AndrewC _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l