Does not having a reform in our healthcare really qualify us as haivng one of the world's worst?
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Gruss Gott<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cam wrote: >> Comparing the internal chaos following the fall of the Soviet Union is >> not really an argument for or against healthcare. >> > > It's not a comparative analysis, just a grouping of the world's worst > healthcare reforms. The list includes China, Russia, some 3rd world > countries, and the US. > > Although, given you agree with the grouping methodology, one might > wonder why the US is on the same list with Russia after the fall. And > 3rd world countries. > > Not really a great list to be included on ... > > So in that way it really IS an argument for reform: > > "Americans spend around one in every six dollars on healthcare. But, in > aggregate, they're not getting much bang for their buck. People in the > United States are as likely to die from diseases like lung cancer as > citizens in all OECD countries - which, on average, spend less than > half as much per capita. Some 47 million lack any health insurance > coverage. An estimated 600,000 people file for bankruptcy every year > because they cannot pay their medical expenses. Indeed, the United > States is the only rich country without universal coverage." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302189 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
