Noteworthy:
"It's funny how the supposedly equalized treatment of people under Western socialized-medicine models holds people back from new therapies and new medicines, while the American model of market-based medicine (with significant regulation) outperforms in this regard by a factor of 10. That response allows patients to start treating their cancers earlier, but what this report misses is that the American model also allows for earlier detection, thanks to the long waits for procedures like CAT scans and the like in Britain and other socialized systems.
And yet, the Democrats this year have already begun discussing how they will bring the American system closer to nationalization. Perhaps their presidential candidates should read this report first. Certainly American voters should familiarize themselves with it."
Indeed, people should familiarize themselves with this knowledge, and not let the "progressives" pull their usual shuck and jive on medical care.
Dear Lord, I have blogged on this subject so many times I am having nightmares about it. Just where in Hell do people think the money is going o come from to put everyone on Medicare when Medicare for the seniors is taking up 20% of the (2007) federal budget?
ReplyDeleteI have had fools tell me that medical costs will be regulated and prices cut back. When I tried to explain the domino effect that would have on the entire system related to medical they don't see it. Prices cut back, employees cut back and/or employees wages cut back, etc. etc. There is no talking to the fools. Now the Dems are at it again with all of them spouting some kind of scheme. Can only shutter. BB
It's easy, BB...the Dems will just tax the *rich* people and let them pay for it all!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is why we need to keep the public informed, to counter the nonsense some of the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" keep feeding the public through their more-than willing allies in the media and the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they think there is some magic wand somewhere that can be waved, and POOF!....the problem gets solved!
Real Life problems are never that easy to solve.
When's the last time you heard of an American family shoving off in a bathtub from Miami and rowing to Cuba for the "wonderful" health care??
ReplyDeleteI live in France where medical care is as good as it is in the United States for half the cost. There is no wait for necessary tests. Doctors work privately and the government acts as the single payer insurer. Sure, people pay more social security taxes to pay for it, but rich and poor overall pay less for medical care. It is best not to lump all socialized systems together with that of Great Britain and Cuba.
ReplyDeleteHere's some information comparing France's health care vs the US.
ReplyDeleteSome of the conclusions are interesting, especially in light of anonymous' touting of how wonderful France's health care is:
"In other words, France spends lots of money making people feel good about their health care processes, with only very marginal measured health care results."
(Looks like they've been VERY successful with Anonymous in that regard.)
"The French system does not, by the standards which have been erected in the debate, appear noticeably better than many other cheaper systems around the world. It does spend more money producing 'customer satisfaction' and papering over some of the obvious inhumanities of the cheaper systems. That's why it is easy to hold up as a model.
The disconnect arises because single-payer defenders wish to use international data to compare health care systems -- France > U.S. -- while pushing under the table the more radical (apparent) implications of that data, namely that France is spending far too much as well."