Dave wrote:

On Mon, 08 May 2006 11:06:21 -0400, Martin Baxter said:

There is, of course, the added cost that doesn't show up on anybody's
balance sheet--the cost of delaying needed care because of the system's
inability to provide it when needed.

I think that applies to just about any health care delivery system.

I don't think so. In the US, generally if you're willing to pay you can get
what you need, and when you need it, without going to another country to do
so. There's a reason you see wealthy Canadians coming here for treatment,
and it's not necessarily the quality of the physicians..

No argument there. I'm more or less agreeing that medical care is a
limited quantity, it will get "rationed" (this weeks fad word) either in
a capitalistic fashion or by a socialistic method, either way there's
not enough to go around.

Cheers
Marty