Canadians healthier than Americans, study finds
"These findings raise serious questions about what we're getting for the $2.1 trillion we're spending on health care this year," said Dr. David Himmelstein, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard.
"We pay almost twice what Canada does for care, more than $6,000 for every American, yet Canadians are healthier, and live two to three years longer," Himmelstein added in a statement.
What we're getting is a bloated bureaucracy, American-style, where the bureaucrats are in the board room rather than in government and their incentives are often not geared toward the effective delivery of good health care.
whoops...there goes that talking point.
ReplyDeleteI think I remember reading about a similar finding when comparing Americans to the Brits. I wouldn't be surprised if we found the same for all centrally controlled health systems.
ReplyDeleteHm...the comments about tax cuts I put below seem like they'd fit here, at least in terms of the right-wing mindset.
ReplyDeleteIt's better for them if some people have crappy health care and they get $20 more on their refund every year. Those yellow ribbons don't buy themselves, y'know!
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What the yellow ribbon people don't understand is that if we had a Canadian-style system they would get better care, live longer and healthier, AND pay less for it. They've been brainwashed by the corporate interests.
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