On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:07:48 -0400, gfretwell wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:15:34 -0500, thunder
wrote:

Yeah, but, most countries with universal health care spend @10% GDP on
health care. We're rapidly approaching twice that. There must be some
savings somewhere.

Virtually all of the innovation comes from the US. If it wasn't for
the amount of money we are willing to throw at health care we wouldn't
have most of the drugs and machines we take for granted.
Why would anyone go through development and FDA approval for a drug if
the government was going to make you give it away?
You can hate corporate America and the capitalist system but that is
what brings most innovation to the world.

If you know a diabetic, ask how many test strips they throw away each
month that give error readings.

Medicare pays a billion dollars a year for test strips that 20% are
faulty. That's capitalist America at work.