"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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ackatyu wrote on 11/17/03 4:27 PM:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Unbelievable.

What a screwed up mess.
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Now you're catching on!


ANd some people want the government to run your health care.

Think about that.

This person has private health insurance companies run his health care,
and
is currently overwhelmed by mountains of paperwork, staggering cost (which
rises by the month), the densest bureaucracy I've ever seen, and
managerial
incompetence on an epic scale. I've never been one to say that the
government should run everything, but I'm genuinely wondering how they
could
do any worse.

My 83-year-old mother, living in London, and having had a hand operation two
weeks ago, has seen one short form, no cost, some averagely dense
bureaucracy and superb case management. A fundamental difference that many
people seem to ignore is that the British (and Canadian) healthcare system
is run by people who are interested in healthcase, while in the US it's run
by people who are interested in maximizing insurance company profits.

I realize the cost is borne by the economy at large, but the entire British
healthcare system is still much less expensive than the collection of US
systems (so why am I still living here?)

-- David Brooks