That's the Medicare debate. You laugh, but that's essentially what you get in many parts of the world. Not that people over 55 get denied drugs or medical procedures, but you get long waiting lines for medical care. The advantage, of course, is better control of costs. The reason Canada has cheap prescription drugs is that the Canadian govt can negotiate on behalf of the entire country and get the best rates.
Did anyone see the piece on TV over the weekend about the big hospital in Bangkok? Very cool- Western standard hospital with mostly U.S. certified physicians where you can get care for about 20% of the cost of U.S. care. Lots of Americans, Canadians, Europeans, Arabs, wealthy Asians. 350K non-Thais every year are getting care there. They offer every kind of procedure you could want. >I have a better solution... stop giving those over 55 drugs to stay >alive. If they come down with cancer, tough. No cemo, no medication. > If they fall and break a hip, o well! No hospitalization, no >surgery. > >Stop keeping people alive... If it is time for them to go, let them go > >;-) > > >On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:51:56 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148067 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
