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Martian · 02-05-2010, 09:54 PM

I'm curious to know what you make of things like this National Geographic chart in that context:

Health care spending per capita vs. Life Expectancy, National Geographic click to show

It seems that the WHO, OECD and virtually every other reputable institute agrees that a public and universal healthcare system is far less expensive than the private institution currently in place in the US.

As a Canadian, I'm free to choose my own doctor. If the doctor I go to isn't to my liking, it's a trivial matter to look in the phone book and find another (well, disregarding any shortage, which is not a funding issue).

Your ideological issues are your own, and I won't try to debate such things.

02-05-2010, 09:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	I'm curious to know what you make of things like this National Geographic chart in that context: Health care spending per capita vs. Life Expectancy, National Geographic click to show It seems that the WHO, OECD and virtually every other reputable institute agrees that a public and universal healthcare system is far less expensive than the private institution currently in place in the US. As a Canadian, I'm free to choose my own doctor. If the doctor I go to isn't to my liking, it's a trivial matter to look in the phone book and find another (well, disregarding any shortage, which is not a funding issue). Your ideological issues are your own, and I won't try to debate such things. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame