Just one example, there are many that would swing the other way. The success of the national health service is best shown by the fact that not one of the major political parties would dare to get rid of it, even a hint that it is being weakened provokes a media storm - it's pretty much the number one priority for most voters in the UK, along with education.
My personal thoughts are that if my child or wife were ill I want fast effective treatment without worrying about if my insurance will cover it - that seems uncivilised to the point of being barbaric. On 13/06/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would call this piss poor. > > reposted form May 11 > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/10/ncancer10.xml > > "To some extent this is determined by economic factors, but much of > the variation between countries remains unexplained. In the US we have > found that the survival of cancer patients is significantly related to > the introduction of new oncology drugs." > > The researchers, whose report is published in the journal Annals of > Oncology, found that Austria, France, Switzerland and the US were > leaders in using new cancer drugs. > > The greatest differences in the uptake of drugs were noted for the new > colorectal and lung cancer drugs. > > The proportion of colorectal cancer patients with access to the drug > Avastin was 10 times higher in the US than it was in Europe, with the > UK having a lower uptake than the European average. > > > On 6/13/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Point 2 - how about the National Health Service in the UK, seems to work > > pretty well? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
