I think Mr. Moore is pretty credible on healthcare. I worked in the healthcare field for close to 20 years, ended up a whistleblower on fraud and corruption.
Remember the insurance company "hitman" in Sicko who explained how insurance companies bumped people off their policies to avoid paying big-ticket claims? That was me. And I stand by what I said. Lee Hendrik & Fay wrote: > Moore used Canada, Great Britain, France and Cuba's health systems as > examples of ones where the collective pays for the individual to get > treated for medical problems. > According to him all those countries peoples have a longer life > expectancy than those in the US and lower infant mortality (although > according to the WHO statistics Cuba is lower than the US). > Of course you can't entirely blame the health system on this but it > makes you wonder if a profit driven system is a good idea. > From memory the US is ranked 37 on the list of good health care systems, > whilst expenditure per capita is number 1. > http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html > Also spends the second most as a % of GDP > http://www.photius.com/rankings/total_health_expenditure_as_pecent_of_gdp_2000_to_2005.html > > So this leads me to think that money is not the problem but how and on > what it is spend in the system. > Whilst Australia is ranked 29 in the % of GDP and 17 in per capita and > the overall rank in 2000 was 32 but number 2 in life expectancy. > I can understand Japan being number one in the life expectancy rank, > probably due to diet and genetics but Australia is a mixed bag (as the > US is) and our indigenous population has a shocking life expectancy rate. > > Hendrik > who is not a statistician > > harry watkins wrote: >> The medical system we have allows for constant improvements that lead >> to longer life, I think statistics will attest to that. Putting it >> under government control will stifle the progress we expect. >> >> It seems that the USA is the place to go for the best medical care in >> the world and people from all over the world show up here when they >> can afford the best. >> >> Every time we open the gates, people come in, very few go out. >> >> I've been around for a long time, I've lived in large and small cities >> and towns. I have never heard or seen of one of these terrible >> situations where someone suffers because treatment was refused in >> areas where I've been, have you? >> >> Anyone on this list that knows of those things happening, I wish you >> would share the stories with us. >> >> Harry >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Lee If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable. - Kurt Vonnegut _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
