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I Felt That No Boy Should Have To Depend Either For His Leg Or His Life Upon The Ability Of His Parents To Raise Enough Money To Bring A First-class Surgeon To His Bedside. And I Think It Was Out Of This Experience, Not At The Moment Consciously, But Through The Years, I Came To Believe That Health Services Ought Not To Have A Price Tag On Them, And That People Should Be Able To Get Whatever Health Services They Require Irrespective Of Their Individual Capacity To Pay.
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I Felt That No Boy Should Have

Tommy Douglas
I Felt That No Boy Should Have To Depend Either For His Leg Or His Life Upon The Ability Of His Parents To Raise Enough Money To Bring A First-class Surgeon To His Bedside. And I Think It Was Out Of This Experience, Not At The Moment Consciously, But Through The Years, I Came To Believe That Health Services Ought Not To Have A Price Tag On Them, And That People Should Be Able To Get Whatever Health Services They Require Irrespective Of Their Individual Capacity To Pay.
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