Re: AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEM FAR BETTER FOR YOU THAN THE SOCIALIZED BRITISH VERSION

From: Steven Fawks (tuthjockey_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:25:10 GMT

OccamMan wrote:

> Well, I've clearly shown that US health care costs far, far more than
> that of any other country. And I've not seen anything that indicates
> that we have better care - our obvious indicators are all poor. If we
> spend twice as much, something ought to jump out that screams "better
> care here!", but it doesn't seem to exist.

There are a couple of big issues in all of this that haven't been
addressed.

1. In the U.S. there are *lots* of lawsuits that end up being paid for
     by the patient.

2. The U.S. physicians and patients are both extravagant with the

     extremes of medical care beyond logic.

Both of these factors add billions of extra cash spent on medical care.

Fawks

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