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To: tejek who wrote (554078)	3/9/2010 9:04:09 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575427

Ted, > The facts don't support your concern. Its been reported over and over again on this thread that health per capita tends to cost less in other countries while life span is longer than in the US. It's not because of universal health care, I can tell you for sure. It's because of lifestyle. It's also because other countries have less of an entitlement mentality when it comes to health care. They don't file malpractice lawsuits as much as Americans do. > Once again, class warfare at its finest. It's warfare against the middle class. You know, the very middle class the Dems claim to support but will end up screwing over. Even "Cadillac health plans" are a middle class perk. Just look at the UAW, who got an exception from the tax being proposed on these plans. Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (554078)	3/11/2010 12:10:25 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575427

Its been reported over and over again on this thread that health per capita tends to cost less in other countries while life span is longer than in the US. Adjusted for the fact that we have more car accidents and homicides than most of those countries the US is at least near if not at the top in terms of life expectancy (such deaths lower life expectancy figures much more than the average death since they are more likely to effect younger people). And there are a bunch of other factors, greater obesity, different lifestyles, genetic and lifestyle factors related to obesity (yes Japanese people live longer than Americans, but Japanese Americans live longer than other Americans as well). As for the costs, there are many differences in health care in the different countries, the insurance methods are but one, and the other countries don't even have one consistent method. Also their costs are increasing about as rapidly as ours, and some of them are moving to more market based systems to increase quality or to contain costs.