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

To: TimF who wrote (2809)	11/9/2007 4:15:37 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 42652

I give up. Hope you enjoy Hillarycare!

To: TimF who wrote (2809)	11/9/2007 5:11:48 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"Universal" or "not universal" is only one of many possible differences in health care systems, and its only one of many differences between the health care systems in the US and Canada, or the US and the UK, or any other two countries you want to compare. The universal factor, seems to me, is that some people who are not currently "insured" will get preventive care not readily available to them now. They will get blood tests, for example, that identify diabetes and get treatment for them. They will likely live longer. Other people who are not currently "insured" will get, say, a colonoscopy resulting in a perforated liver and death. I use the example because I heard someone talking about an incident just yesterday. That person would have lived longer without universal coverage. As would someone who contracts a resistant staph infection in a hospital where he was being treated for bronchitis. Add up the added years and subtract the lost years and you get the universal coverage effect on longevity. It seems to be common wisdom right now that preventive care pays in the end but that thinking tends to be cyclical and a bit political rather like whether drinking or chocolate are good or bad for you. We don't have the data to sort out an answer. Whichever way it nets out, it's a relatively small factor.