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Bloomberg Top -- The [US Department of Veteran Affairs] supervises hospitals, employs doctors, buys the medicine and pays the bills. Reid praises the program as “enormously popular” with patients. “If this is un-American, why did we choose it for America’s military veterans?” asks Reid, a Washington Post correspondent and National Public Radio commentator.

Действительно! У меня тот же самый вопрос!!

Date: 2009-08-31 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
The concept of health insurance was proposed in 1694 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_insurance#History_and_evolution) by Hugh the Elder Chamberlen from the Peter Chamberlen family.

Date: 2009-08-31 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sashura.livejournal.com
я не о том, когда что было изобретено, а когда оно начало массово применяться.