why. I think that its been well proven that the market has been a failure at providing for affordable health care for everyone.
by your logic perhaps we should privatize the military. larry On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:30:03 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's gotta be cheaper than the US system. Health insurance in this country > is such an incredible scam. Here's the problem: it's making an awful lot of > powerful people/entities awfully rich. Namely, doctors and insurance > companies. > > Problem is, few would trust our government to be in charge of disbursing and > maintaining a general health fund. So I wonder out loud again...how come the > whole thing can't be market driven? Why shouldn't a doctor charge what the > market says the average sick person can afford and will pay? > > This would be considerably less than the 9800 dollars for 30 minutes my > surgeon charged, that I can gaurantee. > > > > > > Everyone. > > > > For instance in Canada, depending on the province, the money for > > Medicare (which is the single payer health insurance) comes out of > > general tax revenue, as in Manitoba, or as part of an annual premium, > > as in Alberta. In either case on a per person basis its substantially > > cheaper than the US system, and according to the stats, as good if not > > better. > > > > larry > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138585 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
