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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: KyrosL who wrote (214625)1/25/2007 2:19:19 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
England is arguably the poorest socialized system, and also the cheapest.

Do you think there is perhaps a correlation?

Even so, their people still live longer than us and have a much lower infant mortality

Prevention can be extremely cost effective. Avoiding McDonalds being an example.

Health care, like everything else, must have limits as to how much and what you can consume.

I agree with caution. I have no problem with excess consumption if the consumer foots the bill (in the case of health care). The problem is that the mechanism of payment shifts excess consumption by one individual onto others. This is the crux of the problem.

There are a lot of very expensive procedures and drugs whose marginal benefit compared to much cheaper ones is questionable. A rational socialized health system should not use public money for such procedures or drugs.

When it is your life hanging in the balance, it should come as no surprise that most people think they would rather make that call themselves.
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