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On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:37:39 -0500, Moderate wrote:
> "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote in message
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>> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in
>> message
>> news:clark-764846.14124301042010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>>> In article <hp2jd5$703$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, "Moderate"
>>> <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:
>>>> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>> news:clark-971903.11043401042010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>>>>
>>>>> No, it is not. It is like saying "I want a bus service, and I am
>>>>> prepared to contribute to it". The US has the highest health care
>>>>> costs in the world, but still is only 50th in life expectancy.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I was paying for a Ferrari, I certainly would expect it to
>>>>> perform better than a Ford Focus.
>>>>
>>>> You already told us that people in the UK have a lower incidence of
>>>> Cancer. To what do you attribute that? Health care or lifestyle?
>>>
>>> 1) No, I did not. The figures I gave were just for prostate cancer
>>> in men, by way of an example.
>>>
>>> 2) Access for all to routine doctors visits, regardless of income.
>>>
>>> 3) Fewer unnecessary and expensive screening procedures.
>>>
>>> 4) Better controls on industrial pollution.
>>
>> OK, what effect does industrial pollution or screening have to do
>> with prostate cancer?
>>
>> Please provide statistics or a video to support your answer. :-)
>
> According to this article there is no colorectal screening program in
> the UK.
> http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a903830411&db=all
>
> So we are left with lifestyle and genetics.

....and a better, more cost effective healthcare system.