On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...snip...] > Given that all these countries spend far less on health care than the US, > that's some pretty good inefficiency.
Apples and Oranges. Different systems entirely, and vastly different regulations of medical data and privacy (where alot of the excess US admin overhead comes from). A Scooter also gets better gas mileage than a Prius, but that doesn't mean you want to drive one every day. I'm not saying private industry is doing a great job of controlling costs in the US, but I can guarantee that whatever the private health industry in America is doing poorly, the govt will do worse. > All of these nations btw have a significantly longer life spans that the US > btw. For a variety of reasons, healthcare being only one. For example, the US is also full of critically overweight people, which may have to do with healthcare, but IMHO has more to do with culture. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
