You are aware that USA is considered to have the worst health system in the industrialised world by all measures? if you are rich it is fabulous. If you are not it is ordinary to non-existant. All I am saying is that while you seem to fear socialised medicine - and it does have its flaws - it will probably be a marked improvement over what you have.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 12:16 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [OT] It's frightening how many people believe Cuba's health care is better than ours They ration colonoscopies, pap smears, and stage 4 chemotherapy. --- 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, 10:33 PM > and the connection to the topic > is...? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Thursday, 25 June 2009 11:15 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: RE: [OT] It's frightening how many people believe > Cuba's health > care is better than ours > > > 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. 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