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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (550754)	2/17/2010 8:43:51 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575427

This may shock you, but I've never read the fine print on any of my insurance policies. I look for exec summaries and that's what I go with. But I do understand the point you are making.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (550754)	2/18/2010 7:59:03 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575427

Best Health Care In The World Where is it? Right here in the good ol' USA. I'm glad I lived here when I had both my accidents: The one that made me a cripple and my latest episode on the slopes where I got a subdural hematoma. Where would you rather go for health care? Life expectancy Canada: number 7 Life expectancy England: 36 Life expectancy USA: number 49 Critics of our system (those would be Dimocrats and libtards all over the world) like to throw out the life expectancy statistics that places the USA at number 49. C'mon. Would you really want to go to Bosnia or Jordan for heart surgery? When the late King Hussein of Jordan needed surgery where did he go? He came here. Where did the Canadian politician go for heart surgery a few weeks back? He came here. WTF? Canada is number 7 for life expectancy. Why did he come to number 49? I've talked before about how life expectancy is a poor metric for judging health care but for those still in doubt let's do it again. Take out the gang wars in our inner city ghettos and barrios, and we'd move up the ladder in life expectancy. Inner city violence has nothing to do with health care (other than keeping the emergency room at Grady Hospital in Atlanta busy). We also have more auto fatalities per capita than other developed nations. Once again, this affects life expectancy, but has nothing to do with health care. We consider a fetus viable at an earlier age than most developed countries. Thus, what is considered a miscarriage in other countries is a live premature birth in the US. Many of these babies die. That drags down our life expectancy statistic. Let's look at some more relevant statistics. Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis: U.S. 65 percent, England 46 percent, Canada 42 percent. Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months: U.S. 93 percent, England 15 percent, Canada 43 percent. Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months: U.S. 90 percent, England 15 percent, Canada 43 percent. Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month: U.S. 77 percent, England 40 percent, Canada 43 percent. Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people: U.S. 71, England 14, Canada 18. Percentage of seniors (65 and older) with low income who say they are in “excellent health”: U.S. 12 percent, England 2 percent, Canada 6 percent. During my late unpleasantness I had five CT scans in the hospital. After I got out of the hospital for a second time and had to schedule another CT scan I only had to wait three days. I only had to wait a week to see a specialist after my release from the hospital. Do I think that the USA has the best health care? I do. You betcha! Posted by denny grouchyoldcripple.com