Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 March 2003
Broadcasting (Major Events Television Coverage) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
I do not mean to move away from the topic of the Bill but there are lots of areas where one simply cannot use the mechanism of price as the means of distributing a resource. This is universally true in the area of health care. The United States spends on average 50% more on health care as a percentage of GDP than anywhere else in the world, even though it has the most competitive health care market in the world. I do not think a single example proves anything. I spent two years in a religious order and it taught me the rudiments of logic, in spite of the fact that people in this House might not think I have any.
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