She seemed pretty on the ball, I would think that she
converted the amount spent in Canada to USD before
making the comparison. There must be something
between administration and the actual caregivers that
eats more money somewhere. Higher drug costs maybe?
I kept reading over sources after I sent that initial
reply. Health care everywhere seems to be a huge,
incomprehensible morass. There is no consensus
anywhere, for any country.
dean
--- Marc Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : "One of the things that strikes me when I look at
> the
> : data is that uninsured people in this country
> actually
> : get a phenomenal amount of care. The average
> uninsured
> : person in the United States gets as much care as
> the
> : average Canadian in dollars. We spend a huge
> amount of
> : money on these people."
>
> A small bone - same amount in dollars. As our
> administrative costs are
> lower, wouldn't that mean that the average Canadian
> gets more health care?
>
> PS - Remember the exchange difference between our
> dollars - ours doesn't buy
> anything any more. :-(
>
>
> Marc
>
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