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Originally Posted by Derwood
Care to cite those waiting times? I think it's a common misnomer about their systems. In England, you can go to whatever doctor you want. There are standard waiting times for non life-threatening surgeries, but it's not months and months in many cases. Go to Europe and ask some people if they like their health care system and you're giong to get a positive response.
As long as US insurance companies are in it for profit, then I want to change the system.
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Perspectives on the European Health Care Systems: Some Lessons for America
what this article says in a nutshell is that no system is perfect, especially the european system of healthcare. What needs to happen is a type of hybrid form, private healthcare and govn't systems.
I personally don't want higher taxes to pay for healthcare. The govn't has proven that they are incompotent and inefficient when it comes to money management. Just look at any govn't agency and programs and it is clear they don't work or are broken. Medicare is practicaly bankrupt, so is social security