Re: Make Medical school FREE !!


"Skeptic" <bcs002b@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "george conklin" <george@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>> "jlb" <jboozer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>>> Some good points. I also wonder why the medical field is held to a
> >>>> different financial standard than any other field. People don't get
> >>>> cheesed out when insurance companies, for instance, charge a higher
> >>>> rate or the price of milk goes up. The public may groan and
complain,
> >>>> but they end up paying the cost.
> >>>
> >>> Of course, if we sold cars, milk and everything else at twice the
> >>> price, then you would have something to complain about. But medical
> >>> care in the USA costs twice as much as average for industrial nations,
> >>> and the results are worse too. We do not have the 'best' medical care
> >>> in the world---only the most expensive.
> >>
> >> The medical care in the US is as good as any other nation - there just
> >> isn't the same extent of coverage.
> >>
> > Of course, the price is twice as much and yes, it probably is about as
> > good for the middle class. If you want your knee operated on in the
USA,
> > you can get it done faster.
>
> Faster and with just as good results as any other country... and better
than
> most.
>

If you look at issues such as optional hip replacements, for example, a
delay is hardly the issue since the need slowly builds up over the years.
Even the NHS takes care of broken hips quickly.




> > Overall, unfortunately, the results are not as good as expected and
maybe,
> > just maybe, the lack of coverage is the reason.
>
> Of course it is. This is purely an issue of how many people get coverage
> ... not the quality of care given to those cared for.
>
>
A system as a whole is measured by how well it takes care of a
population, not how well it takes care of a few members of the population.


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