[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Modern medicine saves lives only if you can afford it - and if it is used properly. Many, many people in this country can't and too many doctors make mistakes.

I have no idea what you are saying, society wouldn't have magnetic resonance, stent proceedures, let alone penicillin today if your theory were correct.

I have no idea what female physicians do in France.

[liberallarry]

What theory? Many people can't afford modern medicine. That's a fact.

You can find lots of statistics to prove the contrary - we are living longer, fewer babies die, infectious diseases are under better control, malnutrition is down. But do they really prove that hospitals aren't financially troubled, malpractice insurance isn't sky-high, millions aren't without medical insurance, etc.?

Modern medicine is far more costly than medicine of the '50s and '60s, which was available to nearly everyone. Somehow we have to find a way to deal with that.

[liberallarry]

What theory? Many people can't afford modern medicine. That's a fact.

You can find lots of statistics to prove the contrary - we are living longer, fewer babies die, infectious diseases are under better control, malnutrition is down. But do they really prove that hospitals aren't financially troubled, malpractice insurance isn't sky-high, millions aren't without medical insurance, etc.?

Modern medicine is far more costly than medicine of the '50s and '60s, which was available to nearly everyone. Somehow we have to find a way to deal with that.