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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:15 -0400, John H. wrote:


It's cheaper too. US health care cost amount to over 15% GDP. Canada's
are less than 10% GDP.

Could it be cheaper because it's cheap?

It could be cheaper because it works more efficiently. You seem to
forget, this country isn't barbaric. We *do* pay for indigent and
uninsured health care, but it's usually at the emergency room. In this
country, the uninsured usually do not have a primary care practitioner to
deal with ailments before they become expensive problems.

And, if you mean by cheap, it is of lesser quality, you would be wrong.
By objective standards, life expectancy, infant mortality, etc.
countries with universal health care surpass us. We may have the best
emergency health care on this planet, but we do not have the best health
care system, just the most expensive.

Part of the cost here as opposed to other countries, is we do most of the
major medical research in this country. Other countries just ride the coat
tails and do not have the added expense, or just steal the research.