From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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Subject: | SINless births (was Re: 1984 & Animal Farm) |
Date: | Thu, 25 Sep 1997 11:39:19 +0100 |
> Speaking of which (I'm rambling, I know) how do so many in SR get born without
> a SIN? Wouldn't everyone delivered in a legal hospital be given one at birth
> and registered? If so, are there then just many, many non-hospital births in
> 2050?
Part of the SINless population has entered the country illegally, I think.
For example people from the NAN who came over to Seattle to make a name
for themselves (or just get a better life) in the big city, but ended up
at the bottom of the ladder instead -- just look at places like Mexico
City for plenty of examples of today's equivalent.
As for people not born in a hospital, I'd say there are a lot of them as
well. Hospitals charge money for their services, so if you don't have that
you won't get in. Those with a SIN and a job at some or another corp
either get to go to the corp's own hospitals (at a much reduced rate than
the "public" hospitals, I would guess) and/or have health insurance that
pays the hospital bill for them for necessary stays there.
Someone living in the Redmond Barrens would not, I think, qualify for
either of those ways of paying for the bill...
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