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Old 09-19-2008, 06:52 PM
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....I agree with McCain that one of the biggest problems in health care in the US is that, as a consumer of health care services, I have no idea what things cost.
We have universal health care in Australia, we all pay taxes, but not many people know what things cost. The metal implants used in CP surgery can cost $40,000 each, if everyone had to pay separately we would be virtually killing kids everyday.

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We seem to be hearing more about Pallan here in Australia than anyone else.
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