Best Third World health care in the world!

[eridani]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/29-6

The OECD study backs up the results of a report released by the Commonwealth Fund in October, which showed that the U.S. is actually losing ground to other countries in assuring that its citizens have equal access to affordable, efficient care.

The Commonwealth Fund "scorecard" found that the U.S. is failing to keep up with gains in health outcomes made by other nations. We now rank last out of 16 countries in the Commonwealth Fund study when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by timely and effective medical care.

A big reason for the dismal results is the fact that more and more Americans are falling into the ranks of the uninsured and underinsured. As of last year, according to the Commonwealth Fund, 81 million adults in the U.S. -- 44 percent of all adults under age 65 -- were either uninsured or underinsured at some point during the year, up from 61 million as recently as 2003.

[hobbit709]

1. But the 1% want more for themselves and that is more important than us peons.

[Lasher]

2. We are disposable.

``If they would rather die,'' said Scrooge, ``they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.

[handmade34]

3. that and...

http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20111128/cities-with-the-best-quality-of-life-2011/

"The U.S. may still have some of the world’s best universities and most innovative companies, but it does not rank highly in quality of life, according to a survey published Nov. 29 by human resource consultancy Mercer. In fact, not one U.S. city made the top 20 (of 221 total) on this year’s list. Austrian capital Vienna ranked No. 1 in the Mercer 2011 Quality of Living Survey..."

[izquierdista]

4. This is because the focus is on "coverage"

Fuck insurance. When people get sick in other countries, they go about getting health care, not health insurance.

[woo me with science]

5. Thank you.

The corporate system that has been shoved down our throats IS the problem.

[slipslidingaway]

6. knr nt

[xchrom]

7. Recommend