"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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: "Harry Krause" wrote in message
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: Calif Bill wrote:
: And we are the major inventor of new medical devices and vacines.
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: "Jim" wrote in message
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: I repeat. We are the only country in the world that leaves public
: health decisions to the private sector.
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: We are also the only country that has a shortage of flu vaccine.
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: For a modern western nation, we have some of the worst health care
: statistics there are. We're in a dream world regarding how well we
: supposedly take care of our citizens.
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: First. What relevance does this have in regards to the post. Second, we
: have lots of 3rd world immigrants, which will skew the statistics. And I
: have not noticed the streets littered with dead and dying.
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I hope i am not out of line with my observation.My best friend who at the
time he was diagnosed with lymphoma(sp)cancer did not have insurance.he was
admitted to MD Anderson and treated.he is cancer free now and has been for
12 years.My Granny was diagnosed with the same class of cancer and had
insurance thru my grandfather's military retirement insurance and was
treated at UTMB and is now cancer free as well after 8 years.The quality of
care given to them both was exceptional.I have faith in our current health
care due to these personal experiences and do not believe it is as bad as
some would have me believe.
Chad