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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (7963)8/17/2009 9:56:42 AM
From: Lane33 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
I guess that enough time has passed that you would have responded to my flip remark by now if you were going to. Fair enough.

So I will take a more constructive tack and explain why I perceive a lack of a cogent argument on your part. Your explanation for your position is that the Euro system costs half what ours does and that's good enough for you. At least you didn't repeat the fiction that it produces better results for half the cost. That has been pretty thoroughly debunked, methinks. Anyway, I'll address the cost issue with an analogy. (I do that with some trepidation. <g>)

The US spends way, way less than the Swiss per capita on skiing. What can you reasonably conclude from that factoid about the value, quality, satisfaction, efficacy, etc. re skiing in the two countries? The answer is "absolutely nothing." Could you make a cogent argument for the Swiss to change their skiing system based upon our lower per-capita spending?

The Swiss also spend more per capita on food. What can you reasonably conclude from that factoid about the value, quality, satisfaction, efficacy, etc. re food in the two countries? Again, nothing. Surely you wouldn't argue for the Swiss to change their food system based upon our lower per-capita spending.

So why is the lower health care cost in Europe enough to warrant our changing our health care system to emulate theirs? How could that possibly be considered a cogent argument?
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