The irony is that the USA spends a larger percentage of GDP on health care than any other country (and by a wide margin). You also have more doctors per population than any other countries except for Cuba and Italy, but don't even rank in the top thirty for number of hospital beds per population. Among developed econimies the USA has the highest percentages of obesity and diabetes (but not cancer, aids or tuberculosis). In Europe Universal health care stands for universal access but provision is starting to become a matter of market driven economics, which is for the better I think, in other words let the people most able to provide care at the cheapest cost prevail. The US clearly is not a world leader in health care and has serious problems. The only candidate I have seen with a properly costed and worked out proposal on this issue is the democrat John Edwards. Clearly his solution is expensive and more or less socialist. Better to study the belated reforms introduced by Tony Blair in England I think. Graham.
> MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > > Ed Leafe wrote: > >> I certainly don't see any reason why this should be less important > >> than, say, invading a country to satisfy the personal ambitions of > >> our President. We like to brag that we are the richest country in the > >> world, but at the same time we don't even care for our own people. > >> > >> I think it also helps to phrase the question in an equal but more > >> revealing way: Are you in favor of letting people get sick or die > >> because they can't afford to pay for medical care? > >> > > > > I'd like to hear from Canadians on this list to hear what they've got to > > say about their government healthcare programs. > > > > > You won't get the answer that you are expecting or most proponents of > "universal" health care will try to push on you. > > ::michael > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
