Well that same prediciment faces all western societies. It's not like UK and Canada are going to abandon their nationalised healthcare because the projected costs are going to be high. As with all challenges it will need to be overcome. I know in the UK the NHS is looking more towards preventative medicine, which if done right will drastically reduce strain on the system.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The big challenge is not today. That comes 30-40 years from now when the > age > demographics of the populations in the industrialized world have turned > completely upside down from the age demographics of the entirety of human > history. How will we pay for benefits when only half of the population is > working age and the other half are dependents, either children or the > elderly. > > Our predicament is that from a planning point of view, 30-40 years is right > around the corner, but politicians would rather shoot themselves than be > honest with their constituents about the economic realities we face. > > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Michael Gr wrote: > > > > > England's NHS (National Health Service) is tremendous and doesn't bring > > government to it's knees the way RoMunn might have you believe. Same can > be > > said for Canada's national healtcare. A healthy populace can pay taxes. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
