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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
You remind me of the story of Joe Conservative:
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An interesting story, and some of it is true. On the other hand, it's very much like any canned diatribe, conservative or liberal.
So let's look at it a bit. I don't know much, and most of that was told to my by a friend's late wife, who was the country's leading authority on Sudden Infant Death syndrome. She was a confirmed liberal (was actually a member (one of three) of Utah's Communist Party back in her college days. She was sent to Britain as part of a study group, and came back a confirmed conservative, at least on this issue.
Part of the reason American healthcare costs are high is research. People like to blame the evil pharmaceutical companies, but it takes years of study and millions of dollars to develop a new drug, most of which are turned down by the Government. So the drug companies go out of business, and today there are only a few left. Another part is equipment, since every hospital in America has their own facilities, which cost money.
But the biggest piece of evidence in favor of the American system is the rich people of other countries who, when given the chance, spend their money to come here for treatment, since government-run healthcare means you get free help, but only after waiting in line for weeks, or sometimes even months.
I don't claim to know the answer, but it is my observation that anything administered by any government always means more waste, more bureaucrats and more trouble.