Larry,
Absolutely correct, the best money can buy and in fact, the best health
care. One of the reasons we spend more per capita is the cost of drugs. We
in the U.S. pay an inordinatley high share of the cost of R and D for new
medicines. Then, once the new medicine is marketed overseas it is sold for
much less than here. Even with the lower prices many countries do not honor
the patents and immediately start ripping off the drug in counterfeit form.
You don't see as much R and D in medical research overseas because of the
socialist structure,ie, there's not not as much profit opportunity. The
links you reference below are merely organizations touting socialized
medicine. We've already seen how well that works.
Almost every day you can find an example in the newspapers of most every
major city of someone coming to the U.S. for an operation that they just
can't seem to get in their home country.
Been to the hospital lately? Notice any physicians that seem to not
be Americans? I certainly have, seems like about 30% or more of the
physicians seem to be foreigners working here. Know why they come here? The
education and opportunity in the field of medicine in the U.S. in
unsurpassed.
I don't wish to discuss this further in this forum where it is off
topic. Feel free to email me direct if you wish.
Respectfully,
Jim
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> Ted,
> I was sort of with you there until near the end. The U.S.
> Healthcare system offers the best health care in the world.
> (snip)
>
> [Larry Cerney] The best money can buy! For some other
> comments on health care see
> http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Health/Health_watch.html
> and especially
> http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Health/Proposal_NH_Insur.html
>
> According to the International Journal of Health Services,
> "the average ranking for the United States on 16 health
> indicators in a 1998 comparative study of 13 countries by
> Starfield was 12th, second from the bottom...
>
> Respectfully,
> Larry
>
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