Different choices, as Loathe pointed out. Keep in mind also that the European socialist model is coming apart at the seams as their population, like ours, ages well beyond previous generations, and childbirth and immigration fail to keep pace with the need for new taxpayers to fund the system.
Still, there is no denying, as Gruss points out, that the economics of the US health care system are broken. What we need is private industry to find solutions to the cost of health care delivery. We also need to start being realistic about what we can afford to pay for new drugs, which is another area where the US subsidizes much of the rest of the world by allowing drug companies to charge whatever they can get away with for new medicines, which encourages them to develop drugs for the US market. The cost of developing new drugs is hugely expensive, and that is an area where many companies are attacking inefficiencies in order to lower the overall cost of health care. We are doing what we can in the private sector, but it isn't enough. As long as we have the huge giveaways combined with our current demographic model, we are SOL. On Jan 16, 2008 1:46 AM, Vivec wrote: > How come other countries are able to provide universal healthcare > successfully? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251064 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
