when a country like mexico can figure out a way to provide coverage for its citizens who don't have it, it reflects poorly on the supposedly richest country in the world that people actively campaign *against* providing health insurance to everyone. mexico claims they will cover their uninsured by 2011; the US says "sorry, you'll just have to figure it out on your own".
yes, our overall care is infinitely better than theirs, but the point is that mexico is not exactly known for their financial stability and even *they* can figure out how to make it work.
yes, our overall care is infinitely better than theirs, but the point is that mexico is not exactly known for their financial stability and even *they* can figure out how to make it work.
We are both aware, I'm sure, of our fundamental idealogical differences here, and I sincerely doubt either of us could make the other budge, I posted because I consider your reference to be a bad one, I do not know if you knew that, and I do not want other people to look at it and think it is biblical truth.
Looking at the timestamp on your reply, I sincerely doubt you read the link, as ten minutes is an amazingly short time to get my message, read an eight page analysis not including citations, and reply. You cited that study, not I.
i won't deny that i didn't read the link you posted. i am making the point that the US can provide much more health coverage than we currently do (which is zero so there's a lot of room for improvement
). also that other countries with a substantially lower quality of life and economy than ours can find a way to provide health coverage to everyone in their country, or at least find a way to provide coverage to as many as possible. whether the WHO study is flawed, dated, or whatever, the underlying theme is the same: the US is not doing enough to cover the uninsured.
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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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- 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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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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*NM*