> > 1.) They're not the US: they don't have US sensibilities, culture, or > history. >
It seems to me there's more similarities than differences. I don't see how culture and history would have any effect on administering health care. > > 2.) They operate in a global economy that include the US who spends 2 > or 3 times more per capita than they do which they can share and take > advantage of. You are assuming the numbers that Larry stated indicate spending that would somehow benefit Canadian or UK health care, which seems doubtful. It seems more reasonable that it's an indicator that the current US health care system is bloated and many of the same services are vastly over priced, such as prescription medications, which is a known fact. > > > I'm not saying it can't work, I'm just saying I'm skeptical, and even > more so when the argument is put to me as, "it just works" See my gavity comment. > > > Didn't we just get into a global financial crisis over swaps based on > "hey it works over there so we should do it too"? I think that stemmed from greed, whereas nationalised health care stems from altruism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:288923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
