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Poor old welcomerain, who writes, "If you can't distinguish between socialized medicine and a free-market system where the government provides insurance to its employees like any other company, then you are officially too short to get on this ride."
If health care is free, paid by either the government or a company, then it *is* socialized medicine because someone else is picking up the medical bill. We are not talking rocket science here.
For example, when someone working for the government needs medical care, I pay for it via taxes. When someone working for Microsoft needs medical care, I pay for it via the increased price of a Microsoft product.
