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Re:We paid $634 million for the Obamacare sites and all we g... by jmadsen on Thursday October 10, 2013 @10:22AM (#6527863)
Right - because inefficiency in government programs is a purely American thing.

We have affordable, universal health care because we've eliminated all forms of waste & corruption from our governments, and are left with a stream-lined, Indy 500 car pit type system.

I don't think so.

Get off it already - America doesn't have a decent health care system because insurance companies pay off corrupt congressmen to make sure you don't have one.

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Re:We paid $634 million for the Obamacare sites and all we g... by raldi on Thursday October 10, 2013 @10:36AM (#6527967)
I'm not sure you're disagreeing with him. His point is that the US government has a history of creating huge expensive projects riddled with inefficiencies and which, quite often, yield a disappointing final product.

Saying that one of the causes of that is corruption is not exactly refuting the claim.

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Re:We paid $634 million for the Obamacare sites and all we g... by andrew_gardener on Thursday October 10, 2013 @11:47AM (#6528333)
I believe his main point is that its not just the States that has a corrupt/ineffective government. Other places with there own government problems have managed to gain some form of public free/cheap healthcare.
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