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To: Suma who wrote (60000)	4/19/2008 10:14:53 AM
From: NAG1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542218

Suma, My mother in law is visiting from Germany and she doesn't like the system there or what it has become in the last few years. Her husband has had medical issues which she says are not really being addressed by the system there and because of that, he doesn't travel with her anymore. It always seems that things always look better on the outside looking in. So no system is perfect. If we want to get to universal health care in this country, everybody will need to sacrifice something, physicians, hospitals, drug companies and patients as well. There simply will not be enough savings in the systems in what the candidates are proposing to pay for everything they say they want. It is unfortunate that as a society, the shared sacrifice idea no longer exists. We have become a society of me-mes. It is sad that some of the students want the job of physician because of the salary but it is, unfortunately, the way it is here. One of the issues that needs to be addressed to correct this is the cost of college and medical school. The minimum cost of all this can be around $200,000 but can easily be twice as much depending on the schools attended. Also, the cost of malpractice insurance has gotten out of hand and will need to be addressed. Neal

To: Suma who wrote (60000)	4/19/2008 10:17:30 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542218

PBS had a half hour program that presented health care programs around the world. For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's available on line. I think it's worth the time investment. pbs.org There was a lot of interest in the program. The most startling thing to me was that visits with a doctor in Japan last three minutes. Three minutes. Interesting, too, was that lonely patients in Britain may visit their doctors a few times a week just for the company. Good thing they're not paying US doctor salaries for that. Doctors are not earning the tremendous salaries that they are here. If we were to do that here, we'd have to pay for their education. We might even have to pay them to train.