I love my urban sinkhole. REH
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 9:21 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] Private health care (was E.European...) > But aren't the "urban sinkholes" part of the US? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 6:14 PM > To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] Private health care (was E.European...) > > > Arthur, > > I was going to write that if you remove the urban sinkholes from > the equation, the US statistics would look better - then I > remembered Gwen's introduction to Canada. > > They landed at the City of Quebec and took the train down to > Toronto. She expressed amazement that the train was cleared along > the way so it could be cleaned (maybe back then British trains > weren't so often cleaned). > > But the City of Quebec concerned her most as the train traveled > past a forest of tar paper shacks. She wondered what kind of > country she had come to where people lived the winter in such > poor accommodation. > > So, Canada may (still?) have her problems, but surely not to the > degree of the US. > > Harry > > > ******************************************** > Henry George School of Social Science > of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: 818 352-4141 -- Fax: 818 353-2242 > http://haledward.home.comcast.net > ******************************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] Private health care (was E.European...) > > To add to the discussion. > > This from the Wall Street Journal (Nov. 12, 03), citing an OECD > document. > > The US spends more on health as a percentage of GDP > > (2.7 percent in US vs. 2.1 percent in Canada) > > and has more doctors, > > (2.7 practicing physicians per 1000 people in the US vs. 2.1 in > Canada) > > Yet lives are shorter > > (76.8 years in the US vs 79.4 in Canada) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:38 AM > To: 'Brad McCormick, Ed.D.'; 'pete' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] Private health care (was E.European...) > > > Brad, > > I've already told you that you are too good to be anxious about > small things. > > At the end of 20 years, your doctor will probably retire, so you > will have to get used to another. > > Groups of doctors are better than single doctors, for they can > fill in for each other. There's always a doctor there when you > need him. > > The difference between entities such as Kaiser and (say) the > Canadian National Health Service, is that Kaiser has to compete. > If standards go down they will lose members to a competing > service. > > Standards have apparently dropped in the UK even though they > continue to pour money into it. > > You can choose a private doctor and I understand a lot do, but > when the doctor feels you need hospital, you go into a NHS > hospital (if you can get in). > > Harry > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003 > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
