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Originally Posted by flstf
The question also becomes, what does a capitalistic country do with an industry that a large percentage of the population needs where there is little or no competition?
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In addition we have a system where the one who receives heath care service has no incentive to keep the cost of treatment down. I generally want to get to my deductable as soon as possible and after that I am good, and generally don't care what the cost of my treatment is as long as my insurance company pays the bill.
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Originally Posted by willravel
I said health care, not cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery isn't included in medical insurance. Not only that, but there is an obesity problem in France. It may not be in the same scale as the US, but it's there. So is our obesity problem so much worse that we pay twice what they're paying and many of us don't even have coverage? Sounds pretty unreasonable to me.
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I'm sure we've all seen the chart showing the Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP and Per capita expenditure on health (USD). Just to remind everyone:
Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP
Australia: 9.5
Canada: 9.9
France: 10.1
UK: 8.0
USA: 15.2
Per capita expenditure on health (USD)
Australia: $2,519
Canada: $2,669
France: $2,981
UK: $2,428
USA: $5,711
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Breast implants are in those numbers. So are Viagra prescriptions. Guys who don't drink gallons of beer each week, smoke and eat glazed dough nuts by the dozen don't need Viagra.
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Last edited by aceventura3; 09-21-2007 at 01:25 PM..
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