Posted on 08/31/2009 5:12:38 PM PDT by Rufus2007
Remember when Michael Moore depicted the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) as a superior health care system in his 2007 documentary "Sicko"?
That romanticizing on the silver screen might have seemed like a good idea for the American society, but according to Lord Ara Darzi, it's not ideal for the United States. Darzi, a former British Health Minister, appeared on CNBC's Aug. 31 "Street Signs" to defend the NHS from attacks made in a TV spot, which had been rejected by ABC and NBC for airing because they were "too partisan."
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No Kidding!
The bigger a country is, the worse a national health system works. Britain’s stinks worse than Sweden’s. Canada’s stinks worse than Britain’s. The state of California alone has more people than Canada. Do the math....
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For the sake of argument re health care; populations:
United Kingdom: 61 million
Canada: 34 million
US not noted as insured: 40+ million (includes illegals)
US insured: 250 million
The two countries that are often used as a measure for this country have approximately the same amount insured that are NOT insured in this country.
Why are the 250 million and the employment of those involved in their coverage continually ignored?
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