From: grawillers@hotmail.com   
      
   > > The US has the worst value health care system in the western world too.   
   >    
   > It's the same here. If you are poor or unemployed, or stay in one room or    
   > even if you are a refugee, you still get free health care, I meant income    
   > taxes are high when you work, but if you don't work, you wouldnt pay income    
   > tax.   
      
   That's good. So what is all the talk about 46 million Americans not having   
   health insurance about then?    
   Is that not true   
      
      
   It's still the worst value system in the world on the basis of return on   
   contributions.   
      
   Despite the fact that "America spends more per capita on health than all other   
   countries in the world."   
      
   "The U.S. ranks last out of 16 industrialized countries on a measure of   
   mortality amenable to medical care (deaths that might have been prevented with   
   timely and effective care).  Premature death rates are 68 percent higher than   
   in the best-performing    
   countries. In a new study, the amenable mortality rates of three Western   
   European nations was compared to the United States.  While the rates declined   
   over time for the United Kingdon, Germany, and France, the U.S rates still lag   
   behind."   
      
      
   And    
      
   America has the highest infant mortality rate among 23 other industrialized   
   nations.   
       
   The United States has a higher rate of medical mistakes, medication errors, or   
   lab errors than Canada; Australia; New Zealand; Germany; and the United   
   Kingdom.   
      
   Chronically ill U.S. patients have the most negative access, coordination, and   
   safety experiences (2008) compared to chronically ill patients of Australia,   
   Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.   
      
   Life expectancy of American men and women is less than other industrialized   
   nations...."   
      
   Can't be arsed linking to all the various cites but you know I'm not making   
   this up.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)