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To: Cogito who wrote (105751)	3/10/2009 9:37:52 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541689

Does Investor's Business Daily have anything other than flat statements to support that view? What I posted is all I know. People I know who live in or come from Canada and Sweden are appalled at our healthcare system. I know. But I don't know their criteria for than any more than I know what supporting evidence IBD has. There are two points about Sweden made in the piece from IBD. One is that the waiting times are long. The other is that you can't access out-of-system health care. As for the former, I know that there are long queues in Canada, sometimes tragically long. I can't independently verify that fact re Sweden. I tend to give the benefit of the doubt to such information and assume for the purpose of posting here that it is correct. I have no reason to disbelieve it. As for the latter, I know it to be the case in Britain so I have no reason to disbelieve that it's the case in Sweden. I also see it as a potential natural consequence of nationalized systems so I am not surprised by it. I consider that to be abominable as public policy. While other aspects of the health care issue can easily be considered differences of opinion or values, I consider that one to be absolutely and unbearably wrong. I suspect that your Swedes who are appalled by our system are simply applying different criteria and values than I am. If you're used to not paying for medical care and it's part of your culture--you expect a doctor to just be there just as we expect a cop to be just be there--I'm sure it's stunning and appalling that anyone should face an expectation of payment for services. I expect that criticism begins and our system is pretty much written off right there. I can understand that. It's no different than my going to Mexico and finding that cops expect a "tip." That some people find our system strange and appalling doesn't mean that it would produce a worse outcome for your health or mine.