I didn't read it as Canada's system failed. I read it as Canada's system only works because our system exists as a supplement. As you say, for us to have a UHC we would need to build it to cover everything, so there is no comparison yet people like to use the Canadian system as a model. That's what the article is pointing out. I think elective knee surgeries in India, has nothing to do with this discussion since we're talking about necessary life saving treatment.
On 8/18/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:21 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Canada's 'universal' health care > > > > They can outsource because we're not using the same system. If we were > > where would they outsource to? Mexico? UK? > > The would outsource to whomever had the services until it because less > expensive to build the services themselves. > > That's just good business. > > I'm challenging the argument that socialized medicine automatically results > in reduced high-end services using Canada as a case-study. You can't > separate the fact that the Canadian system was built in the shadow and with > the optional support of the U.S. system. In other words it's not "The > Canadian System" that resulted in the quality of care issues the article > raised, it's the "Canadian System and it's interactions with the American > System" that did. > > Like any complex social system you can't make reasonable assumptions or > predictions without looking at the environment in which it occurred. Any > attempt to socialize medicine in the U.S. would almost definitely end up > much different than the Canadian system for the simple fact that we would > not have a convenient, compatible, resource-rich system to rely on. > > To put it differently the author seems to suggest that Canada's system > "failed" so that it now relies on the U.S. system for backup. I would argue > instead that it succeeded so well because it was _designed_ to do so. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
