On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:26:52 -0500, Upscale wrote:

That I certainly don't agree with. *Most* people as you state are not rich,
but of middle income. A few serious brushes with the US medical system and
there's every chance their middle income status is in jeopardy.

Tim will never get that point.

Nobody in Canada or other countries with "socialized" medicine goes
bankrupt from medical bills.

It happens in the US with disturbing frequency. I'd say at least 2 or 3
times a year I read appeals for help in our local paper - not for
indigents, but for middle class people who have exhausted their resources,
and in some cases the resources of family members.