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freshwest

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7. Actually, I saw a Moore interview of a British physician saying that they do focus on...

Reply to RainDog (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:09 PM

Jan 2012

'...harm reduction strategies.' Their salaries are predicated on their success rate with helping their patients live more healthy lifestyles.

But they seem to have gone backward since with recent privatization. Thatcher did do some good things, along with a lot of bad ones in terms of healthcare, or so my friends over there tell me.

I just hope it doesn't take a full implosion of the system to get this back in balance.

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I'll look the video. It was during the healthcare debate. Be back. freshwest Jan 2012 #9

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