tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post6495323739347680428..comments2024-03-03T02:49:09.379-06:00Comments on Geographic Travels: Americans living longer; but the world is passing it byCatholicgauzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14622737803852974030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-2456886180148927902007-08-16T13:30:00.000-05:002007-08-16T13:30:00.000-05:00Oh, all these people who want America to have soci...Oh, all these people who want America to have socialized medicine ... In theory, Europe and Canada have universal coverage, but any number of what Americans would consider "ordinary" medical procedures have long waiting times. Catch the Canadian movie "The Barbarian Invasions," which is a devastating portrait of Canadian health care in the case of a man dying of cancer. His son has to hire an ambulance to transport him to Vermont to get an MRI.Goethe Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390542069637659154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-91982446918379186622007-08-14T13:26:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:26:00.000-05:00ha! i love that you used FOX news as your source.ha! i love that you used FOX news as your source.communi_katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927753884965730203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-49047610191548854762007-08-13T12:22:00.000-05:002007-08-13T12:22:00.000-05:00http://www.supportingevidence.com/Life_expectancy_...http://www.supportingevidence.com/Life_expectancy_v_health_spending_by_country.html shows that people in the US (= you) spend TWICE the money we (= Europe) pay, for no benefit in terms of life expectancy.<BR/><BR/>Note that Japan, which has a fairly "older" population than USA or Europe reaches a max in life expectancy while maintaining a comparatively low healthcare cost. Their system is described here : http://www.medhunters.com/articles/healthcareInJapan.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335339937383840943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20709534.post-88304845337574988422007-08-13T07:54:00.000-05:002007-08-13T07:54:00.000-05:00and left unsaid is the simple fact that well over ...and left unsaid is the simple fact that well over 10% of the population are denied medical care because of lack of insurance - a situation that doesn't exist in "countries" such as those in Western Europe and Japan. <BR/><BR/>And then we have a president who refuses to extend insurance protection to how many hundreds of thousands of of uninsured children, purely out of ideological reasons, while having no problem spending untold billions on warfare - and you know where our priorities lie.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457337091514189072noreply@blogger.com