I will admit that the current high cost medical system in the US is not that great. I've always had private health care. About 12 years ago, I had a sports injury while I had temporarily relocated out of state for some training. I was able to get emergency treatment for my injury, but when it came time to get follow up treatment, I was told that I had to drive two hours so that I could be within my private insurer's "network" ... except that I could not drive as I had busted my arm. Ouch! what a pain that was! Of course, I had the option of going for out of network care, but given that I was then a broke, fresh out of school individual, I would not have been able to afford it. Luckily, my training assignment was only for 6 weeks and I eventually returned home and got the follow up treatment that I needed.
Mario is the only one who thinks the current medical system in the US is cheap and of good value... that is because the US government pays for his welfare, thanks to our tax dollars! Getting something for almost nothing is great for him I guess. The focus of any reform in the US should be to tackle the issue of high costs. I don't see how the current government options alleviating this problem. The focus should be streamlining medical records and processes, tort reform and reducing the grip of the American Medical ASSociation, to name a few. Marlon ----- Original Message ---- From: Mervyn Lobo <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 3:59:07 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Healthcare Horror Stories GL, The WHO ranks France with the worlds number one health care system. Health care is free to residents in France. Wikipedia has some interesting info on their system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_France The USA spends twice as much as France does and ranks 37th. There is something sick with a system that spends twice as much only to rank 37th. To add insult to sickness, the for profit insurance companies refuse to pay for treatment once a person gets sick in the US. Now what was the number for bankruptcies caused by health problems for PEOPLE WHO HAD HEALTH INSURANCE? Mervyn1650Lobo __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
