On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Americans are renowned for being woefully uninformed about the rest of the > world. And using and anecdotal example is the best you can do? We don't need > a 'charity care' for fundamental life-saving health care such as chemo. It > is provided as part of the govt system. You DO have the worst health care > system in the civilised world. Your inability to accept or understand that > doesn't change the fact.
BS. I've been around the world quite a bit. Indeed, I'm heading to the UK for a month next week. So, I'm no backwater rube. I even had my appendix removed and caught samonella in a non-US health system. The contrast between those experiences and a micro-discectomy in the US in 2004 could not be starker. The back surgery was more expensive, true. But my insurance, which was not expensive, covered most of it. But I can barely see the scar, whereas it looks like I was flayed with a giant butter knife in roughly the location where my appendix used to be. There are reasons people flock to America for the procedures that save lives. And it's precisely because we haven't nationalized our health care system. Is it perfect? No. The only reform you actually described previously was TORT reform, which I agree with. The notion that the people who brought us Cash for Clunkers can run health care better than the free market is nonsense. Most of the problems with our free market have been the clear result of distortions created by government intervention. This is how the housing market collapsed -- under the dead weight of government do-goodism. - Publius > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 7:26 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: RE: [OT] No, he can't > > Except I don't know any American who thinks it's the worst, only the > uninformed foreigners think so. > > My cousin lost his job and his wife was scheduled to get 4 more chemo shots. > The hospital is giving her last 4 shots under charity care. Doesn't sound > like a terrible system to me. > > > > > > --- On Fri, 2/5/10, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Geoff <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [OT] No, he can't >> To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 8:21 PM >> Well at least you guys now get to >> keep you unenviable record as having the >> worst health system in the civilized world. ENJOY! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf >> Of Pete Theisen >> Sent: Saturday, 6 February 2010 11:08 AM >> To: ProFox Email List >> Subject: Re: [OT] No, he can't >> >> Publius Maximus wrote: >> > this doofus has the gall to >> > chide "Washington" for too much spending even as he >> himself proposes a >> > deficit the size of some black hole >> >> Hi Bob, >> >> There you go again! How many times do "they" have to tell >> you that it >> only used to be "black". Right now it is "African American" >> until "they" >> change it again. >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Pete >> http://pete-theisen.com/ >> http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ >> [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.
