Gonzalo:
And when you break it down per person per year? The French spend less than one-sixth what the United States spends—yet live longer, and have a lower infant mortality rate
These are the facts—and they are undisputed.
So! One of two things is going on: Either the French—as a people—are simply better than Americans; made of finer stuff; simply superior physical specimens.
Or . . .
Big Pharma, Big Med and Big Insurance are stealing from the American people every last bit of money they can get their hands on, while the Federal government refuses—out of incompetence, stupidity or corruption—to do anything about this rampant, blatant theft.
Too harsh, you say? Well, next time you go bankrupt from your medical bills, tell me again if I’m being too harsh. Because if you go bankrupt in America, there’s a 60% chance it will be because of medical bills. And if you do go bankrupt because of medical expenses? There’s a 40% chance you actually did have medical insurance—yet went bankrupt anyway! (Source here)
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The much touted lower "infant mortality rate" of places like France is bogus.
ReplyDeleteHere's just one example why that's the case.
There is more to discuss on that point, but you can get a pretty clear idea of what the other material contains.
The bold was not mine, but the author's. I considered removing it, as I was going for the conclusion but not the stats, but did not feel right about it.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I felt conflicted about the whole thing because it put much of the blame on the private sector which itself is forced to work within government mandated bureaucratic framework of failure. I don't expect the government to do anything about "rampant, blatant theft" because theft is the result of government's intervention.
Joe Guarino and I had a "discussion" some time ago with Dave Ribar on this subject, as much as you can have a discussion with a "progressive" UNCG economics professor who ignores any facts that don't fit into his narrow-minded worldview.
ReplyDeleteThat sort of thing, and the article you linked, are typical boilerplate rationalizations trying to convince you the sky is green, not blue, and why we need more failed government healthcare to replace the existing failed government health care.
Makes lots of sense to the "progressive" mind, less so to those who are part of the reality based community.