On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:34:42 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> Yep, or those who scream "government needs to keep its hands off my
>> Medicare" (a government-run program).
> 
>> Or those who threaten to leave for Cuba, or Italy, or .... without
>> actually knowing that their target country is more like the thing they
>> hate about where the US is going.
> 
> I believe that it has been quite clearly shown that the Europan-style
> healthcare system is actually *cheaper* (ie. requires less money from
> the citizens) than the American system, yet it's much more efficient
> because basically all citizens get good healthcare (basically for free.)
> 
> Some Americans argue that such a healthcare system would lower its
> *quality*. This is based purely on preconceptions, because in most
> European countries medical practice is top-of-the-world quality. I don't
> think it loses much (if anything) to the quality of the best medical
> practice in the US.
> 
> And it's not like European-style healthcare forbids private practice.
> If you are rich and want to go to a private doctor, nothing stops you.
> (There can actually be benefits from doing that. Most prominently that
> waiting times are much shorter due to lower demand.)

Oh, yes, I agree - but there are those here in the US who believe that 
European-style healthcare is inferior and more expensive.

We had a presidential candidate who (as mentioned previously) thinks 
there's nothing wrong with letting people go to the emergency room when 
things get bad enough if they don't have health insurance - that that's 
somehow magically cheaper than preventative care.

Which shows just how out of touch people who have money are with the 
plight of those who have none.

Jim

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