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Article #620410Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:39
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:39
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Huge wrote: > On 2018-02-12, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >>> On 2018-02-11, John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: >>>> In article <el718d5tr979j00m8...@4ax.com>, >>>> J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Nonetheless, all over Europe and even in Canada people get health care >>>>>> for free, no payment at all at point of service, and they are >>>>>> healthier than Americans and the overall cost is about 1/2 of ours. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe the cost is 1/2 of ours because the populations they treat are >>>>> healthier. >>>> >>>> Nope. >>>> >>>>> There is this unstated implication that "they are healthier because >>>>> the medical treatment system is better". The notion that "they are >>>>> healthier because their lifestyle is different" never gets considered. >>>> >>>> Sorry, but anyone who has done even the most cursory research into >>>> healthcare outcomes knows this is nonsense. They look at every factor >>>> you could imagine. If you've ever been to the UK, you'd know that the >>>> notion that the British live healthier lives than we do is beyond >>>> absurd. >>>> >>>> Remember, we're not talking about teasing out tiny differences here. >>>> Here in the U.S. we pay twice, two times as much, as everyone else. >>> >>> For worse outcomes ... >>> >>> >> >> It depends on a lot of factors: where you live, how much money you have, >> what you are geing treated for, etc. > > The extremes in the USA are more so. Very rich people get the best treatment > in the world. Very poor people get as close to no treatment at all as makes > no difference. No-one in the UK goes without medical treatment. Now read about the Shah of Iran. /BAH
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