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To: Taro who wrote (537601)	12/20/2009 11:54:51 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) of 1578755

France has the best health care system in Europe, period. Just ahead of Italy that is. How can it be that a system run largely by the government can be any good? Your conservative friends here have been telling us in passionate terms that this is not possible. jhsph.edu One of the commonly cited reasons why U.S. citizens spend more on health care than other countries is that these other countries have waiting lists, especially for elective surgery.The procedures with waiting lists in these other countries, however, represent only 3 percent of spending and therefore cannot explain much of the cost differential. Another perceived cause of higher health care costs in the United States is that malpractice suits increase the prices charged by doctors and cause them to practice defensive medicine, which occurs when doctors order extra tests or procedures to reduce their risk of being sued. The researchers compared the number of malpractice claims and awards in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom and found that while U.S. citizens sue more often, the actual settlements from all four countries were comparable. Al

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