** Private ** wrote: > JvD wrote: >> The difference between US health care and Western European health >> care is not in the number of people paying their share out of private >> income. The difference is in total spending as a percentage of the >> GDP > > But there's also big expectations differences too.
Yes. > For example, isn't it expected that most women in Holland will give > birth in their home? I wouldn't know about that one. If I had to name differences I would name on the one hand the expectation that health care access is universal, and on the other hand that waiting lists are to be expected. And I don't mean a waiting list for an organ transplant where there is a limited supply of donors, but for simple discretionary things like getting a new hip. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
