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To: SiouxPal who wrote (13603)	4/15/2005 9:42:56 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 361065

Looks to me like what he is saying is that it doesn't matter how much $ we throw at the problem, 'cuz we are a mongrel nation with a heterogenous population what is skewing the numbers so that they look bad for us actually healthy-as-the- rest-of-the-world white folks.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (13603)	4/15/2005 9:54:33 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361065

<Pay for heart surgery or any expensive life-saving surgery?> In Bushworld, those people are just supposed to shut up and die, somewhere where we won't have to see them.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (13603)	4/16/2005 12:27:59 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361065

SP, I'm sorry if my post sounded heartless, I didn't mean it to. What I'm trying to say, is that a lack of insurance (or ability to pay) does not mean that one is going to be denied life saving medical care in this country. The USA leads the world in breast cancer survival. Now I doubt that cancer drugs are so very different in the USA vs. the rest of the world (and treatment regimes are probably very similar). This means (to me) that those Americans without insurance are not being denied good quality care (and it implies to me that the uninsured are not seeing delays in treatment that are significantly more than those in National Health Systems). The USA also leads Canada in heart attack survival (5 year). Doesn't this mean that Americans without insurance are still getting treatment and followup - they aren't being denied? If I'm wrong, I'm certainly willing to change my mind.