True but the point is still germane, their political systems are similar and it leads to more conservative outcomes than a typical european parliamentary system (Britain actually has a very left wing political culture but the political system gives the left much less power than you would predict on the basis of that culture).
End result, Canadian and British health care, however structure are comparatively underfunded. (As are their entire welfare states). Interestingly, there are some "conservative tending" political systems that still spend more money than the Commonwealth countries (Japan, France). I would speculate it is because the post War economies of those two countries have done much better than Britain (Canada has a tiny population). Universal health care is so consensual that even the conservative tending polictical systems will generously on it. (Again, France and Japan have very culturally strong, if politically underrepresented, leftist cultures). ----- Original Message ---- From: Marcio V. Pinheiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:49:38 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Canada British and Canadian system are quite different. In the British the docs are employees of the system. In Canada they are not. Marcio At 03:05 AM 8/15/2007, Paul Meyer wrote: >All health care systems, including the US ration resources on some >basis. The ironic thing about the health care debate focusing on >Canada and Britain as alternative models is that we are familiar >with them because of linguistic and cultural similarities but >neither are particularly well funded compared to other forms of >universal access and while I would prefer either of them to what we >have now, they are not the best that is possible. Also, because of >the EU, Britons are now traveling to the Continent to get better >care from other national health systems (Belgium is poplular) and >the National Health Service has to pay for it. Though I am >politically in sync with M Moore I do think he is an idiot, even if >a funny one. Nonetheless, Fresh Air did an interview with a >political scientist who is a health care expert to do a review of >Sicko, and though he had some criticisms, he says Moore "gets alot >right about the American health care system." If you want a very >smart and informed treatment of these issues, Jonathon Cohn's >"Sick" (also interviewed on Fresh Air) Oh yeah, just to stay on >topic, computers! on Fresh Air). ----- Original Message ---- From: >Marcio V. Pinheiro ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
