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Old 03-07-2006, 06:25 PM   #72 (permalink)
Marvelous Marv
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I live in California also. Work Comp. (W/C) premiums at one point were artificially high, then after some deregulation became artificailly low although losses and fraud did not decrease. During the time of initial deregulation, many W/C ...
My point is that free markets will respond to problems if given a chance. Centralized controlled market don't seem to have this same ability.

It seems no one agrees that wait times in Canada are poor and are getting worse, that there is a doctor shortage that is getting worse, and that the increase in "private clinics" (legal or not) are attempting to address problems. On the otherhand I have admitted we have problems in the US with healthcare. But according to Big Ben I am a "brickwall", been called worse, but my mom still loves me.
You know more about it than I do. I did, however, read an article in the newspaper about the owner of a janitorial service with gross receipts of $30 million, who was trying to sell the business because the WC increases had caused him to be operating at a loss.

And I agree with your last paragraph.

And I love your mom!
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