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Re: Health Care-well said, Pat (long)

From: Annon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:29:09 -0500 (CDT)

That is well said. I agree 100% about the potential for cost savings by providing universal care. I wanted to add that people in countries like France and Sweden do not mind paying higher taxes for health care (and child care and education!)because these things lead to a more prosperous and healthy community as a whole. It benefits eveyone by lowereing crime rates, stimulating the economy, etc. Further, I believe from experience in Sweden that medical care is better. I believe diagnoses are made faster and more accurately, and that there is less ancillary spending trying to figure out a diagnoses. They seem to be better educated, take more time with the patient, and actually enjoy medicine for medicine. (this is not to say American doctor's aren't good, I think they are just victims of a hostaged healthcare system, too many patients (McMedicine), and burn out. In France, you sit for an hour in the doctor's office just talking before you are even examined.They then have a better idea of what tests to order instead of spending more money to exclude things like they do here, frequently. I can't help but to think that I wouldn't have suffered so much had I gone to a doctors who listened to me first. I have spend thousands and thousands of dollars (and so has my insurence company) on misdiagnoses , doctor shopping to get someone to take me seriously, having unnessary tests, etc. Ironically, a doctor from Sweden who was here in the states temporarilly, diagnosed all of my problems in one pop with only a couple inexpensive tests. (then, it got expensive, but still less than all of the doctor shopping and other tests)She was up to date on the research, and was the most competent doctor I had seen in a long time. The countries with socialized health care are doing something right. Anyway, thank you for the great post!

At Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Pat wrote: >
>In my opinion, Health care should be an entitlement, and not linked to .
>Everyone should have the basic coverage that covers routine screening
>and reasonable management. The US is one of the only countries where
>this is the case (that not everyone has insurance) In countries that
>have universal health care, the health statistics well document better
>outcomes. I'm taking about longevity and birth statistics specifically.
>If we had basic health care, folks would get basic care, and wouldn't
>need to use the emergency room so much. One of the reasons we have such
>high medical costs (about 14 % of our budget) is because what is
>mis-managed. Other countries spend < 10% on health care, with better
>outcomes. They also spend more time and money on prevention, which
>seems to be a lesser priority in the USA. Cost savings come from
>providing more efficient care, and appropriate/improved use of resources
>
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