From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 20:13:24 BST
Hi Jon, All:
> It's all about balance. There must be some Quality-related reason that
> people from all over the world come to the United States, rather than
> Denmark, for important medical procedures. The American health care system
> somehow has a good reputation around the world. I'd be willing to bet that
> if the US health care system had been socialized long, long ago (like back
> in the 1940s) America would not be "the last best hope" for people who
> need the best health care. Would you agree?
Headline in the UK Sun newspaper this morning:
"Filthy NHS wards kill 5,000 a year."
In the story, the reasons for this sorry record in Briton's socialized
medicine system are that doctors, nurses and cleaners "not washing their
hands properly" Also, "Many were overworked and found it hard to maintain
standards." Furthermore, "Generally unclean hospitals, too few isolation
units and patients frequently being shifted around all added to the spread
of the bugs."
Kerry and Hillary want a similar low quality system for the U.S.
Thanks, but no thanks.
Platt
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