If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society—that all are equal in treatment by government—is undermined.
如果人脉是可以被买到的，那民主社会的一个基本前提，即政府平等对待所有人，就被破坏了。
Americans wealthy enough to afford cosmetic surgery could be asked to pay a bit more for their tummy tucks and pectoral implants to fund treatment for Americans who cannot afford basic healthcare.
有够多钱做整容手术的美国人可能会被要求在他们做紧腹手术和隆胸手术时要多付点点钱以资助那些付不起基本医疗保健费的美国人看病。
But this does not mean that disease basic "good", this is a kind of initial treatment results.
但这并不意味着病基本“好了”，这只是一种初期治疗结果。
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