marlon menezes wrote: > The problem with the US system is definitely not because > it is underfunded. Quite the contrary, the US spends a far > larger share of its GNP on health care than Canada. For a > variety of reasons, US health care is just too expensive for > the return one gets.
> Furthermore, no budgetary allowances were made on how > to pay for this by its beneficiaries, or by the government in > general. This means that US society will not just be paying > for Mario's health care now, but also after he is long gone. Marlon, I think the above is grossly unfair. You cannot compare a system like Canada's with a system that needs borrowed funds to operate. US journalist have realized this issue and are now comparing the bankrupt US capitalist system verses that of equally bankrupt Tanzania. A child born in the US today gets saddled with a $30,000 debt, compliments of George Bush (43). Hussein and Co are continuing the drunken spending spree of their predecessors. Here is a link to a June article that gives some indication of the bankruptcy and the similarities/comparisons that the US and Tanzanian capitalist face. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/bankrupcy Mervyn1650Lobo __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
