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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (110379)	1/4/2008 9:22:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne, I agree that things may be reported weirdly in Cuba. I doubt they are reported like that in Switzerland and Sweden and France and the other First World countries that are beating us on longevity. If the stats are so badly done, where are the AMA or other right wing stats? I've heard a lot about "The French Paradox." Nobody ever taxes about "The American Expected For the Amount of Money We Spend." I would also like to comment on one phrase you hear a lot in the rightie patriotic spin stuff. "The insured." That should read the "very well insured." Even most working folk, those without unions or huge clout with their employers, are very underinsured in America. Frankly, the insurance is very expensive and sucks. I haven't had a decent health plan since the 1970s. Most were filled with deductibles, co-pays, maximums, etc. designed to bankrupt those who get seriously ill in America. I had the money to offset these things, but the average working joe does not.