Reply #10: It really is not a case for socialized medicine per se because the

[Veggie Meathead]

medical professions in India are completely private and so are the pharmaceutical companies.But because the Universities in India graduate a vast number of medical graduates and nurses and medical techs,the professional services are not vastly overpriced and this makes it possible to provide services very fast and at a very competitive rate.In a way India's medical system is a very strong case for privatized medicine and not socialized medicine at all.

You may also want to see the most recent issue of Scientific American on how clinical trials of new drugs are now being carried out in India
by Pfizer, Bristol-Myers, Eli Lilly and others.It will be a matter of
time before all our drugs are manufactured, tested and approved in India, too.