It's not my Fault. IT'S NOT MY FAULT seez the president

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

He will have a new crisis in January to move on to and save us all.

The new crisis will be a completely fawked up medical system where patients aren't seen and providers not appropriately reimbursed.

[Dave]

The new crisis will be a completely fawked up medical system where patients aren't seen and providers not appropriately reimbursed.

Soooo, it's like Canada?

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Soooo, it's like Canada?

Probably worse.
I hate when people like to cite that WHO study that says the US is 37th best in the world. What a crock of shit.
(Links here: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...08054324397621
and http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/37t...h-performance/ -anyone who doesn't have a WSJ sub and wants it, let me know)

It isn't even an apples to apples comparison when you look at how we define different things (infant mortality is a great example) vs. other countries.
They claim to be evidence-based, but then they don't hire any economists to offer in any opinions. The truth is, the United States subsidizes care for the rest of the world.
Who is developing new technologies, new techniques, and new drugs? A little bit in Europe, but mostly the US.

And are Americans racing to other countries for medical care at the same rate as foreigners doing medical tourism here? Of course not.