Posted on 12/14/2009 2:53:51 AM PST by Scanian
Some Congress members and even President Obama have been bamboozled into believing that health care is better in other developed countries than in America.
On Nov. 20, for example, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) pointed to a large blue chart showing the United States in last place in health performance. "All of these countries have much lower costs than we do," he said, "and they have higher-quality outcomes than ours."
Conrad was duped by a bag-of-tricks report from the Commonwealth Fund (Health Affairs, vol. 27, no. 1, 2008). This put America in 19th place due to our nation's large number of preventable deaths -- meaning deaths from diseases that are curable if treated soon enough.
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What a joke - America in 19th place.
Actually America’s health care is the finest in the world - anyone with an ounce of sense knows that, starting with the PM of Italy who flew to the Cleveland Clinic for his heart operation.
The only drawback is the ultra-high price.
Do something about that? Naaaaahhhhhh
“Some Congress members and even President Obama have been bamboozled into believing that health care is better in other developed countries than in America.”
What, the MSM says the enlighted ones were bamboozled? ;-)
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