[Red Boots]

A missionary friend I know had dental surgey done in South Africa, where he is stationed. Cost in USA: $4500. Cost in S Africa: $400. The facilities are all private and first class. He said that SA has government health care free for everyone. It sucks. A private for pay health care system has grown up along side the public one that is really really good, and cheap.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yes,I can accept that quality health care is available in SA.I was once seeing a South African woman and visited the country a couple of times.There was lots of money on display in certain areas (white areas)...prosperity equivalent to what one routinely sees here,in Europe,Australia,etc.

I saw no such prosperity in the parts of India or Thailand that I visited (I certainly didn't see that much of either country,however).To the contrary,I saw breathtaking poverty...particularly in India.