THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE TAXPAYERS HAVE UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY…

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…and believe taxpayers are mean and uncaring. Idiots! Read this: 

 There is something to be said for universal health care systems. 

When my son developed a rash on an Italian vacation in Liguria last month, the pharmacist showed me to the doctor downstairs, who diagnosed the problem at no charge and sent me off with a handshake and a joke about a daughter in med school at the University of California, San Diego.

Italy may be in a funk, with a shrinking economy and a high unemployment rate, but the United States can learn a lot from it, and not just about the benefits of public health care. Italians live longer. Their poverty rate is much lower than ours. If they lose their jobs or suffer some other misfortune, they can turn to a more generous social safety net.

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SOURCE: http://www.nytimes.com