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

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4766)	2/22/2008 10:39:17 AM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

<<The countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) that have universal health care are the best educated and wealthiest countries on earth.>> Did you forget anyone?lol, ya bin watchen to much CNN. we don't exist in some ""elite'"" eyes.<<gg>> Message 24325281 Message 24322059

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (4766)	2/22/2008 5:44:30 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"Not only is there no sign of failure, it seems to me universal health care is very popular and very successful. " Being told that you are too fat to receive a knee replacement is not a sign of failure? Having to extract one's own teeth at home because the government dentist can't see you for nearly a year is not a sign of failure? Having to hire third world doctors who are later arrested for plotting to kill people is not a sign of failure? Having one's doctor cancel a surgery because they were told to cut down their wait times and your appointment was beyond the time limit being imposed is not a sign of failure? Wow, send me a pair of those rosy glasses. Success as defined by the satisfaction of 51% of the population shifting the bulk of their costs to the remaining 49% is not a goal I strive for.