Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Universal Health Care

Photo: 'Browntown (VA)' by Robert S. HardingIn a very small universe...

The 2,500 person town of Tamworth, New Hampshire, is nestled into the White Mountains, about equidistant NE of Lake Winnepesaukee and W of the Maine border.

Since 1921, nurses have provided free health care to all with a walk-in clinic and regular housecalls.


Audio: NPR's Morning Edition, November 13.
Reporter: Elaine Grant, New Hampshire Public Radio.

Some quick math puts the annual per capita budget at only $60, and if the taxpayers pay only a third, their per capita annual cost of $20 is less than many insurance companies' deductible for a single "doc in the box" clinic visit.

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