On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 1:09 AM, John Williams <jwilliams4...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Doug Pensinger<brig...@zo.com> wrote: > > > If regulations and restrictions have such a detrimental effect then why > do > > other, more restrictive nations have much more efficient and effective > > health care systems? > > That is a complicated subject, and I do not believe I claimed that > there is a large detrimental effect on costs, but in the spirit of > your one sentence question, I will give a once sentence reply: Many apologies for being able to make my point without being long winded. Many > countries ration health care more than the US, thus restricting their > people to less health care than people in the US, and by not allowing > people to choose low- "effectiveness" care paid for by other people, > they reduce overall spending without significantly reducing certain > metrics of effectiveness (NOT including customer satisfaction, though) Ha, you sound like a politician John. But how much less health care can there be in these universal systems considering some 16% of our country isn't covered at all? And are you saying that customer satisfaction is better in the U.S. because I'd have to call you on that one too. Doug
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