RE: R&D Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Dean Forster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:31 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: R&D Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

> > > Positive side of government-run health care: if I die, at least it
> > > won't be due to being denied proper health care because it wasn't
> > > profitable for the insurance company...   :-)

> I'm intimately familiar with what's wrong with our HMO's, and my
> girlfriend works in human resources specializing in benefits. But let's
> be fair- in America if you have a big health problem you start calling
> people and yelling until you get satisfaction. It doesn't have to be
> borne, you can get what you need one way or another.  The reason we
> have so many of those life-sucking lawyers is to scare the big boys
> into doing what's right when they're slacking.

That's were Europe and the US differ. Rather than spending loads of money on
lawsuits to get proper medical care, we decided to create a health care
system that gives you medical care when you need it. Thanks to agreements
between government and health insurance companies, we don't need to "scare
the big boys".


Jeroen

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