Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Steve Lamb wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 07:46:30PM -0800, Michael M. wrote:
>
> [ snip some stats ]
>
>>> Sure looks like socialized medicine is sucking there, huh?
>
>> So what? The US also has the highest levels of obesity in the world. I
>> *highly doubt* that even if the US happened to implement that absolute
>> best model government healthcare it would change very much. That is,
>> beyond making people more dependent on government.
>
> Eh, better point to raise is how much those stats are shifted upwards
> by being able to get basic care in their socialized medicine while getting
> advanced care going outside the system to a country that doesn't have it
> and is able to provide advanced care on short notice.
Better preventative care really reduces the need to have the acute advanced
care to begin with.
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