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Date published: 9/3/2009
British health care: Superb if you're well
Since you have requested replies to the doctor who extols the U.K.'s health care but practices here, I feel obliged to answer ["Calling all doctors," Aug. 25]. I am a retired urologist who enjoyed his practice but who looks upon the many changes over the past 20 years with favor. There are many new diagnostic modalities and top-quality medications treating cancers that in the past were considered hopeless and inoperable. Surgical procedures are improving daily. Now, how many of these originated in either the U.K. or, indeed, any European country? Medical care is expensive, but no one is denied care. Is there a non-salvageable list, as there is in the U.K.? Does the Health Service run out of money before the end of the year? Are the surgeons limited to a fixed number of procedures if more patients require them than are allowed? Anecdotally, the U.K. and Canadian citizens we have met are all agreed that as long as you are not sick, government health care is fine; but if you are, then it is time to go to the U.S. Why do so many foreigners come here for their health care? U.S. statistics regarding cancer survival are among the best in the world--because those patients are treated with those "expensive" medications and surgical procedures. Of course, money can be saved with the "cost-effective bean counters." But do we really want that? There are improvements that can be made much more simply than by redoing our entire health care system. If HR 3200 is really aimed at the uninsured--and I seriously doubt that--then why The one issue about health care costs that is unmentionable is reining in our innumerable tort lawyers. This is the one thing about the U.K. national health system that is desirable. We should export them. They are quick to say only 2 percent of malpractice suits come to trial. What's not mentioned are the many settlements to make the frivolous suit go away, since jury trials are enormously expensive and are notoriously undependable for justice, as jurors can be easily swayed. Many without merit, they drag on interminably and hang over the doctor's head like the proverbial sword. There are simpler solutions to our non-crisis, but they are not discussed. It is either HR 3200 or nothing. There have been hundreds of Republican amendments presented, all of which have been voted down. I wonder why. Americans do not want this kind of health care, as evidenced by the many polls. Will it be forced down our throats by the Democratic majority? Leonard R. Bogaev, M.D. Stafford
have in common?
Fox reported that both extreme left liberals are playing the race angle to further their personal goals. These 2 morally bankrupt losers were never mentioned on MSNBC or the other objective newscasters...
Just so you FOX haters know, Rangel said that people opposed to obamacare are racially motivated....there you go...and Patterson hinted that his detracrors are racially motivated..
If you attack me visciously then you are racially motivated too.
I have noticed that some posters here automatically discount any information obtained from Fox News, while others automatically discount any that comes from MSNBC. I was wondering if anyone knows of a website where I can find data on the number of stories that require corrections of fact for each of those (as well as other) networks, preferably a website that is affiliated with neither national political party. Thank you in advance for any assistance you are able to provide.
get your ideas? Did you even attend school?
Sorry to poke my nose in, but some people in these rooms are brainwashed by Glen Beck and Fox News. If they did not have Fox News, they could not utter a talking point or even be part of a conversation. They are very sad, limited people, who are "addicted" to the voice of the Fox. Why do you think they call it Fox. Foxes eat lemmings.
not in and of itself but as part of a broader pattern of using
Glen Beck for fact checking.. repeating the more obvious
lies of the wingnuts and more... yes...
you have established pattern a record if you will of what
you stand for on many issues.. and it's become clear that
you do not accept the legitimacy of this Presidency...and
from that point on.. it's not a matter of objectivity on
specific issues. In other words, no matter what he does, it's
wrong.. and up to you to show why.
no solutions right?
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