On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > And as screwed up as the American health care system is, it is still better > than what you can find in other countries. I guess it means don't get sick > overseas.
I'm pretty sure that the program I saw on PBS a few months ago made it seem like the US wasn't better than what you can find in other countries. Better than some, maybe, but there were plenty that had a lower cost and higher quality... no linky tho, so the metrics... well, eh. Just running a hospital is a mammoth undertaking. It's really amazing that things run as good as they do, in all fairness. It ain't easy, that's for sure. "It" being health care in general. Lots of interlocking pieces, and whatnot. Wife's back home. Time for me to put on my candy striping uniform (tho I'm a little old for it). There *is* light at the end of the tunnel. -- The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor. Isaiah Berl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:293428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
