> "chazwin" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> news:55835aef-a022-4c78-85d6-e03d7d07287d@q70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 22, 2:55 pm, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:12:07 -0800, Fred Weiss wrote:

>>> ...it's clearly "death care".

>

>>> So much for the socialized medicine which is about to be foisted on us.
>>> Just so you are aware of what we will have to endure.

>

>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/world/europe/21britain.html?ref=health

>

>>> Fred Weiss

>

>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Sweden#Criticism

>

>> Scroll down to the chart.

>
> The chart is fascinating and confirms what I knew for a long time: The
> USA spend more public money on health care than they do in the UK, but
> provide less covereage. The reason is simple: health by insurance
> multiplies cost. The government in the USA pays through the teeth at
> inflated rates. In the UK where insurance medicine is supplementary
> rather than the norm cost are held down.
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>
> It's amazing, how people view things and then what they say/claim about.
> That chart really says it all.
>
> USA equals
>
> the LOWEST life expectancy,
> The HIGHEST infant mortality,
> DOUBLE the per capita spend of Australia, UK, Japan and Canada ;
> the HIGHEST %% of GDP spent on Health care @ 15%% that's 50%% more!!!
> the HIGHEST %% of Government revenue spent on Health care [ but with no
> universal coverage like the others ]
>
> But fred wants to pick out "waiting lists" and one super expensive new drug
> not being available on a free list and preach the virtues of the USA system.
>
> This really is ludicrous, and is supposed to show what a "great health
> system" results the USA gets, how a supposedly cheaper more
> productive/effective "free market" model benefits the USA, and this is
> supposed to support criticisms of universal health care, and those terrible
> terrible socialists in europe?
>
> God help them, is all I can say. This is just totally silly.