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To: JohnM who wrote (109426)	4/15/2005 3:35:02 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) of 793623

John, Krugman's argument is at the macro level, that we spend more and, in the aggregate, get less. Its more complicated than that John. I think we spend more AND get more, but we may not be cost effective. We are spending maybe double some other societies, but maybe only getting 25% more. On the equivalency issue - you (and all of us) need to calibrate our discussions and stats. For example - Cuba advertises outrageously good health numbers. What gets reported is the lower infant mortality rate, but under the covers they have a much higher stillborn rate than we do. Combine the two and you see that despite a much less homogeneous population and higher drug use rate we actually have a lower rate of infant death. This kind of stats usage also occurs with Western European and Canadian data. The reality is that if you are middle class or above with health benefits you are better off here. If you are without health benefits you are better off in a state system. Our problem is the uncovered, not the quality of care. John

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