I'm talking about the disparity of the price, the services, equipment and facilities are equal to if not better than the US. US insurances are accepted for payment .... What we do not have are a proliferation of mal-practice suits or the Government dictating treatment or medications to the physicians. We also have home visit nursing (minimum twice a year) and Dr. house visits when someone is ill.
regardless of the disparity in income (US, CR) we have no untreated or uninsured here. People (including one ex-president) that abuse the system do go to jail for doing so. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:29 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > > I can go to the private sector here (Costa Rica) and get an MRI or > CAT > Scan for 200.00USD (or free if I wait a week for the public > system)... > They use the same equipment and training as the outlets in the US do, > and I can get the response (diagnoses) that same day from a > Georgetown > (U of Miami for public system) trained physician.... Please explain > why ? > --- > because the per capita income in Costa Rica is about $11,600 per year > and they are socialists? > http://siakhenn.tripod.com/capita.html > > that you make quite a bit on money and would use there social services > says tons > > On Oct 1, 12:08 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lim.... > > > > If, in fact,. you support your statement that the people are the > > Government then why aren't you listening to the vast majority that do > > not want the system touched ???? > > > > How hypocritical and or stupid of you to espouse all your reasons and > > then say something like that. > > > > As far as health care costs go... a product (any product) only costs > > as much as people will pay in a free enterprise system. > > > > I can go to the private sector here (Costa Rica) and get an MRI or CAT > > Scan for 200.00USD (or free if I wait a week for the public system)... > > They use the same equipment and training as the outlets in the US do, > > and I can get the response (diagnoses) that same day from a Georgetown > > (U of Miami for public system) trained physician.... Please explain > > why ?? Then you may have a leg to stand on for your otherwise baseless > > arguement. > > > > On Oct 1, 10:16 am, LimboIndo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In response to Plain'ol > > > > > It depends on what you mean by "efficient?" It is dangerous to confuse > > > "efficiency" with "what is best for the American people." > > > > > In response to MJ-- > > > > > What reforms have Government instituted thus far? This is the first > > > proposal of a major (emphasis major)reform of health care instituted > > > by the Government that has ever been proposed, to my knowledge. > > > > > In response to the snippet about socialist, government etc... > > > It would appear Mr. Bastiat confuses a Democratic Society and any > > > other Society. In Democracy the people are the government. > > > > > And it seems both of you have danced around the question. "If we can > > > get > > > everyone Health Care without more taxes, without healthcare quality > > > going down and without healthcare costs going up, what is the > > > problem?" > > > > > If there is no problem with the ideal, then we need to work on the > > > details of how to implement it. If you do have a problem with the > > > ideal, then your problem might be larger than you suspect. > > > > > On Oct 1, 9:06 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > LimboIndo > > > > But is healthcare reform the right thing to do for our country? > > > > > > MJ > > > > You presume that Government -- who gave us 'reform' after > > > > 'reform' after 'reform' that put us *in* this mess in the first > > > > place -- is the appropriate facilitator for this so-called 'reform'. > > > > > > Unless Government 'reform' involves a wholesale 'repeal', > > > > then the answer is definitively ... No. > > > > > > Regard$, > > > > --MJ > > > > > > Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, > > > > confuses the distinction between government and society. > > > > As a result of this, every time we object to a thing > > > > being done by government, the socialists conclude that > > > > we object to its being done at all. -- Frédéric Bastiat- Hide > quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Mark M. Kahle, , www.filacoffee.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
