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Originally Posted by Martian
Yeah, I don't know anything about that study. I trust the WHO.
Here are their statistics for Canada:
For the United Kingdom:
And for the US:
Life expectancy in the US is lower, probability of dying young is higher and per capita spending is higher as well. In short, citizens of the US spend more and get less, says the WHO.
But please, tell me more about how my commie system is broken.
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Sorry, these numbers are useless until you include taxation levels. You can't include how much you "pay directly for healthcare" and then exclude how much you pay in taxes for it. I'm not demanding that one produce the taxation number as well, I'm simply discounting the numbers provided as a partial picture to backup a pre-determined conclusion.
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Originally Posted by rahl
A presidential national address I think is needed at this point. He should call for a stop to these bs townhall meetings, and ask the media to stop pumping the bellows. Probably won't work but it couldn't hurt
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I think that's a great idea. Let's have the president be the only voice in the healthcare debate. Letting the people say their peace is just muddying the water towards real progress. Better yet, let's just let him write his bill in to law. Then, we don't even have to waste our time debating it. This would be a lot easier if we just crowned him Emperor.