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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (341255)6/26/2007 2:24:35 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1573927
 
re: 50% more expensive needs some context to be meaningful. It could mean so many different things, some of which certainly are true. Less effective? Than what?

The other traditional "industrialized countries".

re: 1 - Treatment for those conditions is better.

Maybe, but the instances are increasing at a tremendous rate. And the "health care system" also represents preventitive education and measures.

re: 3 - The fact that people live longer means they are more likely to survive to get these diseases.

The biggest increases are young people.

re: The bottom line is that our system is 50% more expensive, less effective, and doesn't cover ~20-25% of the population.
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Doesn't cover 20 to 25%? False. Not only in the sense that emergency care is provided to everyone, and that there are other free or low cost options, but also in the sense that more thant 3/4s have access to normal health care. 20 to 25% of the population may be uninsured, but that doesn't mean they need health care and can't get it.

You know damn well that when we say "our system" we are talking about care and payment. Do you have any idea what an emergency room visit costs the uninsured? I do; I've paid the bill for someone. And it was at least 5X what an insurance company would have paid for the same service.

If you bought a car and it cost you 50% more than the next guy, but yours was slower and got worse mileage, and you could only use it 75% of the time, would you say you got a great deal? The best deal in the world?

Our system sucks.
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