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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fresc who wrote (87)	1/13/2005 3:39:45 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

No, fresc. Ethopia's system really sucks. The system Upper Volta with nuclear weapons had really sucked. The US system DOESN'T really suck. Nor does Canada's. Much of the medical technology and pharmacopeia used in Canada is of US origin. You planning on stopping using it? Medical mistake gets attention in this country. What's your rate? Or do you dare look? Guess what? ALL systems invoving humans are prone to error. The LAST thing NASA wants is to kill astronauts on worldwide live TV. They did just that. And if so few Americans can even get into the system because of lack of insurance, as you claim, why does medical mistake matter? If we live so healthily, why this brouhaha about an obesity epidemic leading to ro high rates of diabetes, stroke, and heart attacks? choicesmagazine.org healthatoz.com From personal observation, I would have to agree that Mexico has a growing problem in this area; the proportion of obese people there seems to be exploding. Oh, BTW, they have a nationalized health system. Infant mortality rate: total: 21.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 23.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.94 years male: 72.18 years female: 77.83 years (2004 est.) cia.gov Not much of an ad for that, is it? THe US exceeds Canada in drinking aic.gov.au one of four Canadians with health problems believes that the quality of care in their ountry has deteriorated in the past two years .............................................................. One-quarter (25%) of respondents reported that either a medication error or medical mistake was made in their care in the past two years (Figure 1). 66.102.7.104 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? There are some things you omitted in your excerpt. Surely you didn't expect to get away with it? It's a Global Issue A survey published in the Journal of Health Affairs pointed out that between 18 percent and 28 percent of people who were recently ill had suffered from a medical or drug error in the previous two years. The study surveyed 750 recently-ill adults in five different countries. The breakdown by country showed: * 18 percent of those in Britain * 25 percent in Canada * 23 percent in Australia * 23 percent in New Zealand * The highest number was in the U.S. at 28 percent 113 mercola.com 25%? 28%? That could be statistical error.