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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201281)	8/8/2017 12:02:20 PM
From: Investor Clouseau	4 Recommendations Recommended By dave rose DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck rayrohn Stock Puppy Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224720

Paul Krugman compares Britain, Australia and Netherlands health care systems: the british health system just recently banned surgery for overweight people and people who smoke because they are out of money. next stop death panels in britain.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (201281)	8/12/2017 11:17:37 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 224720

Just like last time they came out with a study the US gets downgraded because of a worse "equity" score. That isn't a very good measure to include in such comparisons. If inside a country you have group A who gets good health care, and group B which gets mediocre care, and group A's care then improves from "good" to "excellent" with no change in the health care situation (either positive or negative) for group B, then the overall situation has improved, and no one is worse off than before, but the country with these groups would take a hit on its "equity" score.