Re: It's happening all over again.



On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:19:48 -0800, David Friedman
<ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jette <bosslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the UK case, the very fact that someone got treatment that wasn't
from the NHS caused the NHS to refuse any further treatment of that
person.

Not true. That particular rule has gone.

"Caused" is in the past tense. So if the rule existed at the time of the
case referred to, your "not true" is not true.

Plus it would be pretty fast action as the BBC article that said it
would *be* changed was dated 5 November.
--
"It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without
changing a single idea."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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