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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:15 -0400, John H. wrote:

It's cheaper too. US health care cost amount to over 15% GDP. Canada's
are less than 10% GDP.
Could it be cheaper because it's cheap?

It could be cheaper because it works more efficiently. You seem to
forget, this country isn't barbaric. We *do* pay for indigent and
uninsured health care, but it's usually at the emergency room. In this
country, the uninsured usually do not have a primary care practitioner to
deal with ailments before they become expensive problems.

And, if you mean by cheap, it is of lesser quality, you would be wrong.
By objective standards, life expectancy, infant mortality, etc.
countries with universal health care surpass us. We may have the best
emergency health care on this planet, but we do not have the best health
care system, just the most expensive.

In indigent care...we sort of have this to a very limited degree in
some areas of the country, and for some illnesses, but there are many in
need of serious or long-term treatment who are simply turned down or
turned away. This is especially true in the arena of mental illness and
treatment for addictions.