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To: epicure who wrote (130319)	2/7/2010 5:01:35 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541986

I couldn't agree more. I had great experiences with the Swedish system. Everyone I'm in touch with from there is just amazed that we don't "get" what a sensible approach socialized medicine is. And their system is truly socialized, with all care directly provided by the government. My girlfriend, her sister, and every other Canadian I have spoken to thinks their system is great. They, of course, have socialized health insurance, but the healthcare providers are private. Having to worry about money and whether insurance will cover the care you need when you are deathly ill is awful. The stupid thing is that if we were to adopt at least some kind of single payer system, our national healthcare bill would, most likely, be lower, and people would have a lot less to worry about. But for some reason, lots of people think our country is unique, and that none of the approaches that work so well for so much less money in other countries will work here.