forgot to mention the NPR site also has a point by point comparison of various EU countries, Switzerland, Japan and the US in terms of health care coverage and costs:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=110997469 On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have any idea what the European nations have for health care? > France's is very different than England's, and both are very different > than Germany's. Before you start ranting about European socialist > medical care, you really ought to know what you're talking about. > > Yes Britain's health care system is government run. Germany's isn't. > It uses a network of employer sponsored or small group sponsored > health care insurance. The federal German government is not involved > beyond a regulatory role. Here's a bit more information about it, > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91971406 > > I suggest that you read this article (and the entire series actually) > before you comment further. At least that way you will be at least a > bit informed and less likely to contribute to the right wing > misinformation campaign. > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "The representatives never listen to their constituents. They listen to >> whomever is putting the most money in their pockets. Still doesn't make >> them socialists." >> >> Sometimes they listen. Representatives usually listen for a small time >> frame every two years. Senators listen during a small window every six >> years. One term presidents listen during a small window once. >> >> >> "This bill has much more to do with corporate lobbying than with party >> politics." >> >> You seem to be assuming corporate lobbying and party politics are disjoint. >> They are so entwined, it's hard to say where one ends and the other begins. >> >> >> "It still has nothing to do with socialism." >> >> Ahh, but it does. The bill itself is a socialist ideal. The health care >> system will come to resemble European health care systems unless the bill is >> repealed. >> >> >> J >> >> - >> >> No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in >> session. - Mark Twain >> >> The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and >> provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
