Peter_Puget Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Find schedule where US is #37...and both France and Canada are in the top ten... Quote
Clavote Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 It doesn't necessarily follow that the optimal solution is nationalizing all medical care. By the end of the year, Massachusetts will have everyone insured with a combination of free care for those too poor to pay for their own insurance, subsidies for those who qualify, and mandates for those who make enough money to purchase their own insurance - who can choose what kind of coverage they want. This may be a step in the right direction - we'll have to wait and see. But currently the amount of people who work for Blue Cross of Mass. is close to the amount of admin staff for the entire Canadian Health Care System. I don't see this effort doing anything much to bring down health care costs with the rest of the industrialized world. It has other economic effects - besides years of making shitty cars US auto makers have had to deal with the cost of health care built into their product, Japan does not. Blue Crux is a for profit company just like the rest of the others. They are bloated with mediocre, overpaid workers waiting for their retirement pensions. When does it become obvious that medical care does not need to be a for profit enterprise. The Government can provide this if we take the "greed factor" out of the delivery of medicine (docs and nurses should be well compensated). We are all going to have to use the doctor some day, if not frequently, so calling it medical "insurance" for something that is an everyday need is silly. And since it's as vital as clean water, sanitation, police, military, DMV,internets, etc... the gov should use our tax cash to create a national healthcare system of some kind. I don't think we will get worse care. Quote
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