[Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-13 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Healthcare Horror stories - around the world - except in the USA? Please click below for the facts played to music http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hipp/were-number-37_b_281979.html Do you think the right-wing fringe will get it? Regards, GL

[Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-14 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:27:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence Healthcare Horror stories - around the world - except in the USA? Mario responds: Hey, Gilbert, You seem to have missed the gist of the health care debate going on in the USA.  The idea is to IMPROVE the system in the USA, not

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-14 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > Healthcare Horror stories - around the world - except in the USA? > Please click below for the facts played to music > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hipp/were-number-37_b_281979.html > Do you think the right-wing fringe will get it?   GL, The WHO ranks France with

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-14 Thread marlon menezes
ng list, estb. 1994!" Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 3:59:07 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories GL, The WHO ranks France with the worlds number one health care system. Health care is free to residents in France. Wikipedia has some interesting info on their system: http://en.wikip

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:55:45 -0700 (PDT) From: marlon menezes Mario is the only one who thinks the current medical system in the US is cheap and of good value... Mario responds: Once again, like Freddy Krueger in the horror movies, Marlon pops up out of the fog he exists in to throw his p

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-15 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:59:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Mervyn Lobo The USA spends twice as much as France does and ranks 37th. Mario observes: The WHO rankings are clearly bogus and politically motivated, with little relationship to the health care provided in these countries.  This is proven by t

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-16 Thread Mervyn Lobo
marlon menezes wrote: I will admit that the current high cost medical system in the US is not that great. I've always had private health care. About 12 years ago, I had a sports injury while I had temporarily relocated out of state for some training. I was able to get emergency treatment for my inj

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-16 Thread marlon menezes
- Original Message From: Mario Goveia Marlon wrote: The focus of any reform in the US should be to tackle the issue of high costs. I don't see how the current government options alleviating this problem. The focus should be streamlining medical records and processes, tort reform and

Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories

2009-09-17 Thread Mario Goveia
Mario wrote: Here we see some glimmer of wheat among all the chaff.  However, this self-proclaimed paragon of libertarianism and free market principles, who nevertheless thought it wise to help the most radical left winger in US history elected President by relentlessly attacking his opponents