used to be a popular children's pastime
based around a naive curiosity about the human body.
In England, and beyond, basic health care
is free at the point of need for those who ask.
In countries where hospital care
is paid for via a costly health insurance
I wonder how this changes how children play.
Do they charge each other imaginary sums of money
through insurance companies, and learn how to haggle
over what is wrong with them, making the game financial?
That would be one way of practicing maths
that would be less than fanciful.
that would be less than fanciful.
Or would the game end when one declared
'I have not got any money'
to which the other replied
'Then there is nothing wrong with you.'?
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