Geoff wrote: > We 'solved' it by keeping our eyes open nearly 40 years ago and doing > something about national medical care. Many of the seemingly intractable > problems you face are because you tolerate it. And when someone stands up to > attack the problem all you do is complain about the method or a side issue. > The facts are that you have the worst medical system in the civilized world. > Decent health care is a right in a rich country but you have made it a > privilege. Your litigious society has forced medical practitioners to spend > the majority of their income on insurance, your drug companies
Hi Geoff, That's a start, but a little vague. Do you not have lawyers, special interests and lobbyists in Australia? How do you get things passed - admittedly 40 years ago - over their objections? Now, I am not rejoicing that we have lousy health care. However, I believe this latest "cure" would have killed the patient. "Flawed" is an understatement, I'm afraid. >> Well at least you guys now get to keep you unenviable record as having the >> worst health system in the civilized world. ENJOY! > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Australia > > Is it working out for sick people in Australia? Is there a Death Panel? > Is abortion mandatory for certain women? Are the doctors and nurses > getting paid well enough for the brightest and best to be recruited? > > How does the taxpayer on the street feel about being taxed to support > health care insurance for an alcoholic obese chainsmoking skydiver who > cruises the whorehouses and/or gay bars when he isn't > binge-drinking/eating or jumping out of planes? > > That and the drug companies getting special backroom deals if they do > that down there? Issues such as these are sticking points here. If you > have solved these issues, how did you do it? -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ 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.
