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snipCheck out Japan: for 45% of our cost they manage to have 50% of our
infant mortality and a 5% greater life expectancy.

Please note that there are other demographic elements that partial account for
those numbers. If you will note that most of the countries with real low infant
mortality rates are also countries with low immigrant populations and highly
homogenous populations.

The other item to note is that we spend vast amounts on catastrophic care for
terminal patients, especially elderly cancer and heart patients. Is that true
in the socialized medicine countries?

The real problem is that corporate paid insurance has disconnected medical care
from market values. Here is an example of what I'm talking about. Suppose that
instead of health insurance you had grocery insurance. Now when you go to the
store, since your cost is the same whether you are frugal or not, are you going
to buy the chicken or ribeye steak?
Most people will by the ribeye, and stick to the brand names instead of
shopping for their best value.

In my industry there a many, if not most that are self insured. One client of
mine required a minor but costly surgery that he would have to pay a good
portion of out of his own pocket. He actually shopped his doctors and hospitals
and found that by having the procedure done at a smaller hospital about 30
miles away, he saved half on the procedure. Have anyone else here ever done
that? We shop for value in are cars and boats, but go the the most expensive
doctors.


SYOTR
Larry C.