Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th...
Danu Send a noteboard - 29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM
below such counties as Colombia, Chili, Dominica and Morocco.
But hey! For infant morality we are only listed at #33!
For maternal mortality rate we are tied for 16th place.
Yet we spend more on health care than most other countries.
You know what I find enlightening?
All those countries with better rankings in over all health care, all those countries with lower infant mortality rates, all those countries with lower maternal mortality rates all have government run health care systems and all spend less on health care.
I guess that's what you get with socialized medicine. *shrugs*
Thank god we don't have that!
But hey! For infant morality we are only listed at #33!
For maternal mortality rate we are tied for 16th place.
Yet we spend more on health care than most other countries.
You know what I find enlightening?
All those countries with better rankings in over all health care, all those countries with lower infant mortality rates, all those countries with lower maternal mortality rates all have government run health care systems and all spend less on health care.
I guess that's what you get with socialized medicine. *shrugs*
Thank god we don't have that!
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Senate Finance Committee Votes Against Government-Run Health Insurance Plan
29/09/2009 09:08:40 PM
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I just hope this doesn't squash all health-care reform attempts
29/09/2009 09:12:15 PM
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It definitely needs work, but not scrapped.....
29/09/2009 09:16:32 PM
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Opinion polls with health care have huge swings depending on how it's phrased
29/09/2009 09:28:28 PM
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Polls are horrid evidence in my mind
29/09/2009 09:32:58 PM
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Re: Polls are horrid evidence in my mind
29/09/2009 10:12:26 PM
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Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said
29/09/2009 10:29:13 PM
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Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said
29/09/2009 11:21:21 PM
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Re: Not that I totally disagree with you, but that being said
29/09/2009 11:40:42 PM
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his statements on health care are precisely my point, but much more well stated. *NM*
29/09/2009 11:54:29 PM
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Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO
29/09/2009 11:44:58 PM
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Re: Difference is that the law is subject to more checks and balances than the whims of a CEO
30/09/2009 12:28:36 AM
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that the private sector has a long history of abusing both customer and employee *NM*
30/09/2009 03:46:03 AM
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That's indisbutable
30/09/2009 05:55:45 PM
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It doesn't work at all
30/09/2009 04:27:44 AM
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i have yet to see any evidence of malpractice insurance being a driving cost of health care
30/09/2009 05:27:34 AM
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When the malpractice insurance can cost well over $100k a year of course it effects the costs.
30/09/2009 06:21:29 AM
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it's not THAT they pay malpractice
30/09/2009 02:00:04 PM
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but doctors are *required* to buy malpractice insurance
30/09/2009 04:13:08 PM
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that's completely moot to the situation malpractice insurance causes.
30/09/2009 04:21:42 PM
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hooray, we're going to continue in mediocrity when it comes to our health
29/09/2009 10:15:00 PM
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Yes, it's comforting to see that we are only rated 37th...
29/09/2009 11:14:33 PM
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That is a decade old and horribly discredited citation
29/09/2009 11:46:51 PM
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regardless, we still spend a lot more on health care while having too many uncovered people
29/09/2009 11:56:24 PM
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My objection, in this context, is strictly about references
30/09/2009 12:13:40 AM
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i understand your point about the reference
30/09/2009 12:54:25 AM
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Re: i understand your point about the reference
30/09/2009 01:15:30 AM
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Re: i understand your point about the reference
30/09/2009 12:24:45 PM
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Re: i understand your point about the reference
30/09/2009 06:29:09 PM
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Re: i understand your point about the reference
30/09/2009 10:57:36 PM
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Interesting...
01/10/2009 12:09:35 AM
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Hooray! The government isn't going to get directly involved and make HC even worse! *NM*
30/09/2009 01:03:50 AM
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