From: Carbon on 21 Feb 2010 21:29 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:23:08 +0000, assimilate wrote: > On 21-Feb-2010, "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is there a system elsewhere in the developed world that doesn't >> "catch" more than 40% of its population? > > I'm not sure where you get your figures but you are smart enough to > know they are false. All the stats which say inconvenient things are hereby wrong...
From: Carbon on 21 Feb 2010 21:31 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:27:06 +0000, assimilate wrote: > On 21-Feb-2010, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > >> Did you ask him why ignored the cyst? Being in a field where problems >> can go from very simple to full scale catastrophe quickly, I would put >> the onus on your friend for his medical problems. >> >> > Bert, this guy could be you. It could be one of your friends. The >> > current system is unjust. >> >> Sure, it could be anyone. But, I still don't see the solution being >> Universal Health Care. > > any contractor or independant should have an HSA and major medical. It > is not expensice and tax deductible. And if you lose your job and can't find another one due to the recession? What then?
From: assimilate on 21 Feb 2010 21:34 On 21-Feb-2010, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > The French built the Maginot Line. Should England and Canada done the > > same thing after WWI? > > The French also built a much superior healthcare system than the US did. and their youth suffer 20% unemployment (close to 50% in the suburban "banlieus") to pay for it. The "youth" in the latter neighborhoods have nothing to occupy their time but buring cars it seems. The hidden costs of UH -- bill-o
From: assimilate on 21 Feb 2010 21:35 On 21-Feb-2010, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > Average life expectancy: > > http://goo.gl/fZQW > > > > Cost of healthcare as percentage of gross GDP: > > http://www.who.int/entity/whosis/whostat/EN_WHS09_Table7.pdf > > Go live in France. I did, it isn't bad. But it did make me appreiciate the US. -- bill-o
From: assimilate on 21 Feb 2010 21:42
On 21-Feb-2010, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > Sure, it could be anyone. But, I still don't see the solution being > > Universal Health Care. > > That's because you're an ideologue. you keep using that word...I don't think it means what you think it means! --Inigo Montoya -- bill-o |