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

To: DavesM who wrote (919)	5/28/2005 2:03:01 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 42652

DavesM, off the top of my head, I would say that Asians live the longest, followed by Hispanics, and then by non-Hispanic Caucasians. This is based strictly on my own observations. Unfortunately, African-Americans seem predisposed to high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease, largely accounting for what I believe to be their loss in the longevity race. I posted somewhere back on this thread that the poor and indigent receive remarkably thorough medical care in the system. The reason for this is that the poor and indigent are the most likely to sue, and the medical professionals make sure to take extra good care of them, if only to ward off potential lawsuits. That said, I still maintain that rationing of health care does exist. As an aside, a few years ago I had occasion to run across a case of a 45-year-old woman who was in dire need of multi-vessel coronary bypass grafting but did not have the money or insurance to pay for it. The cardiac surgeon immediately offered his services to her without charge. There still are a few Good Samaritans around. - Holly