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To: i-node who wrote (459340)	2/25/2009 5:23:06 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578660

And you've been told over and over again that life longevity is one measure of the quality of health care in a country. Yes, it is one measure out of thousands. And a not-very-important one because longevity is influenced heavily by things that have nothing to do with health care. Things like how violent the society is, how many miles we drive versus other cultures, things like what we eat, how we eat, how little exercise we get versus others, the fact that American black males, as a group, have no respect for human life and kill each other indiscriminantly, the fact that we have areas like NOLA with massive crime problems, the list goes on. I see.....all of the criteria you mention up above is substandard in the US and that manages to offset the brilliant health care in this country. Interesting. BTW did I mention I have a bridge to sell real cheap here in Seattle? Longevity is ONE TINY, UNIMPORTANT factor. When you go to all caps, I know you're on shaky ground. F. Fawcett, the hollywood actor, is going to Germany to get specialized cancer care that she can't get here. If there is a treatment she "can't get here" it is because OUR GOVERNMENT (the organization you view as the solution to our health care problems) PREVENTS IT OR, MORE LIKELY, IT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. There you go. The FDA is another example of how our health care system is inferior. After all, Germany has the equivalent of the FDA and apparently, they approve treatments much faster. I work with a number of oncology clinics and most are deeply involved in the clinical trials process which is the way new cancer cures are found. These clinics have entire segments of their office devoted to research departments and many thousands of dollars worth of up to the second IT that are in use in their facilities. And you don't think that's happening in other countries? Did you know that most of the major pharmaceutical companies that fund these clinical trials are foreign? The Farrah Fawcett situation is sad in that she has probably lost her battle with cancer and I'm sure she is looking for whatever treatments she can find. That's fine for her, but going to Germany or Mexico or wherever to find last-ditch treatments is not indicative of the quality of health care in any sense. I would have to agree with you. Life longetivity really is the best barometer but apparently because America's population is so substandard it can't be used when evaluating our health system. AMIRITE?