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I'm glad to hear it's at least partially unclogged. When my wife was diagnosed with cancer this year we had just moved back from the US. We were surprised to discover that unlike our completely free treatment in .au, it would have cost us $k per treatment in the us, despite the top grade health plan we were on. The us health system needs help.

by njh on Sat Jul 31st, 2010 at 02:38:19 PM EST
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That makes me especially glad for you that you are back in Oz. Cancer is bad enough without having to worry about how to pay for it. Fortunately for me when I had a bout, I was with Kaiser, they take care of everything and I am know cancer free. Knock! Knock!

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jul 31st, 2010 at 05:29:47 PM EST
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Yep, and it was good for family contact as well, which I think is very important. So you worked on audio systems in a former life? I'm interested in your thoughts on where you see sound reproduction going, should you wish to talk about it.

by njh on Sun Aug 1st, 2010 at 09:03:09 AM EST
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