socialized medicine is a failure...
blah, dogma, blah... more dogma, blah, blah... and even more dogma.
Year 2001 per capita health costs:
Canada $2100 US (100 % covered by health insurance)
USA $4800 US (with 35 million uninsured and growing)
Life expectancy in Canada, 79.8
Life expectancy in USA, 77.3
Infant Mortality Rate, Canada: 3.4 per 100,000
Infant Mortality Rate, USA: 9.8 deaths per 100,000
And more than half of Canadians with severe mental disorders received treatment, compared with little more than a third of Americans, according to the May-June 2003 issue of Health Affairs.
I don't believe for a moment your system is superior. |
