Larry W4CSC wrote:

How long does it take to get, say, open heart surgery in this socialist
utopia run by government bureaucrats? How about elective surgery in non-
life-threatening conditions?

You mean someplace like Denmark?
http://www.bertramonline.com/?c=health%20care

If the wait list is too long in Scandinavia (that bastion of socialism
where health care is rationed so tightly they live longer healthier
lives than we do) they can go to another country or shop around wherever
they like for care ... try that with your insurance.

Rick

On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 03:49:16 -0000, Larry W4CSC
wrote:


How long does it take to get, say, open heart surgery in this socialist
utopia run by government bureaucrats? [U.K] How about elective surgery in non-
life-threatening conditions?

I can get in the operating room in Charleston, SC, USA in about 36 hours,
here.

Larry

It's the darnedest thing: Canada and Britain spend less than one half
as much a proportion of Gross National Product on Heathcare than we do
on Healthcare. Both of their Healthcare operations are run by
bureaucracies. And they BOTH live a little longer than we do.

But su they have to wait longer for surgery, and for routine
medical visits.
So I guess what it boils down to is this: OUR free enterprize health
bureaucracy is even more inefficient than their socialized
bureaucracies.

Brian Whatcott