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Originally Posted by bilcon
Ask the Europeans how socialized medicine is working for them. Many of them have given up on it and are buying private insurance and going to doctors of their choice. Nothing is free in this world except for those who don't wish to work.
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Of a billion people, some are dissatisfied. Why now ask how many American's are happy with our health care system. EVERY independent study shows citizens of the following countries are happier and healthier than Americans.
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
Japan
Austria
German
France
United Kingdom
Obviously when. dealing with BILLIONS of people one is not going to find perfection in this lifetime. So, what we are looking for is better. Better as rated by real costs (not just premiums), out come (how healthy is the population) and "customer satisfaction". Our system is almost universally disliked (90%) while other industrialized countries have much higher satisfaction and performance levels.
We can keep looking for perfection by throwing out individual anecdotal examples of problems and just keep paying more and more and getting less and less, or we can grow up, quit making name calling more important than discussion, and look for a way to improve our system.
It really is our choice, what do we want to leave our children? Higher bills and poor quality care, or lower bills and higher quality care. We choose, but they have to live with it.