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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 80881" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: scent of cedar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In fact, "the government should do something" is the worst answer there could ever be.</div></div>I agree.</p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">IS it true that socialized medicine is a better system than our current system?</div></div>Canadian and British board members care to comment? (I don't know if Australia has socialized medicine. Marg? New Zealand does, I'm pretty sure). I have read that long long waits for even basic procedures are the norm under socialized health care. </p><p></p><p>The joke goes that under socialized care, there is a ten-month waiting list for the maternity ward. </p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Were we all better served before the HMOs came to power?</div></div> HMOs are an excellent preview of the pitfalls socialized health care, in my opinion. Rationing, no choice of doctors, other people making decisions for you.</p><p></p><p>I read that "Sicko" focuses on Cuba's health care system, which is as socialized as it gets. I haven't seen the movie, and won't, but if that is true -- does anyone really believe that <em>Cuba</em> has better health care than the USA?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 80881, member: 3485"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: scent of cedar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">In fact, "the government should do something" is the worst answer there could ever be.</div></div>I agree. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">IS it true that socialized medicine is a better system than our current system?</div></div>Canadian and British board members care to comment? (I don't know if Australia has socialized medicine. Marg? New Zealand does, I'm pretty sure). I have read that long long waits for even basic procedures are the norm under socialized health care. The joke goes that under socialized care, there is a ten-month waiting list for the maternity ward. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Were we all better served before the HMOs came to power?</div></div> HMOs are an excellent preview of the pitfalls socialized health care, in my opinion. Rationing, no choice of doctors, other people making decisions for you. I read that "Sicko" focuses on Cuba's health care system, which is as socialized as it gets. I haven't seen the movie, and won't, but if that is true -- does anyone really believe that [i]Cuba[/i] has better health care than the USA? [/QUOTE]
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