The death rates in Canada are higher than the United States and that's not because Canadians have an unhealthier lifestyle.
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [OT] It's frightening how many people believe Cuba's health care > is better than ours > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:32 PM > While I agree the that the ludicrous > and fantastic notion that Cuba has a > great health system is amusing when it is so often > repeated, dont despise > all of the notions of socialised health care. As > usual, the truth lies > somewhere in between the two extremes of a totally > socialised system and a > totally private, user-pays system. Here in australia we > have a combination > of the two and it works pretty well - especially when you > compare it to > overseas situations. We have a universal 'free' health > system for doctors > and hospitals but as can be imagined there are long waits > for 'elective' (ie > it wont kill you in the next month) surgery. To this > situation we add > private health care - a top-up to the universal system. > Most australians end > up having access to both systems. They used Medicare (the > govt universal > scheme) for a lot of basic needs and private health care > for more complex > needs or wants. the poor have only the universal system and > while it is a > pretty ordinary system there is a good level of coverage to > everyone - for > free. Of course nothing is actually free and there is a > 1.5% tax levy for > all workers that pays for it. > > There are a lot of domestic complaints about our health > system but when I > look overseas I realise we have a pretty good deal. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 3:27 AM > To: Mike Madigan > Subject: [OT] It's frightening how many people believe > Cuba's health care is > better than ours > > > People actually think that Cuba's health care is better > than ours. A > country where the per capita income is $9500 and people > still drive cars > from the 1950s because they can't afford cars from the 21st > century. A > place where the power goes out because they can't afford to > keep it on 24 > hours. A place where people are forced to ration > their air conditioning and > their electricity. > > People really believe that if you have a blockage in your > heart that you can > get a quadruple bypass by just walking into the doctors > office and > scheduling one. They actually believe that if you > have cancer, you can get > the finest in chemotherapy and radiation therapy to keep > you alive. They > actually believe that if your knee needs replacing, that > they'll install a > new titanium knee for free. > > Why are people so ignorant? > > Socialized medicine is a complete and utter failure, yet > people still like > to perpetrate the myth. > > So now we're going to get socialized, rationed health care > because people > aren't educated enough to know that's bad. > > Amazing. > > ************************************************* > Join the OBAMA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT! > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/6181419 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
