Cheryl Seal
The Lies that Are Killing Us
Wed Dec 11 18:52:20 2002
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The Myth of American Health Care: The Lies that Are Killing Us
Date: 12/11/02 5:42:24 AM Mountain Standard Time

great indepth story by Cheryl Seal - cherdav44@aol.com

Need a good laugh? Here's a joke for you: America's standard of
health care is the best in the world and therefore we should be
willing to pay for it (as in high insurance premiums, high drug
costs, high everything medical) so that we can continue to enjoy the
best health in the world.

Now, when you have stopped rolling on the floor with helpless mirth,
your tears of laughter will turn to tears of frustration and grief as
you read the following sad litany of facts:

U.S. has the most new medicines in world, spends more of GDP on
medicine than any other nation, and yet has the highest rates of
cancers for at least 10 cancer types and the highest infant mortality
rate of all developed nations. The conservative politicians say
socialized medicine is bad because you might have to wait your turn
for some non-emergency services, up to a few months. Why is that such
a bad deal? — 42.6 million Americans face an even longer wait than
that for ALL services — as in forever — because they have no
insurance. That's the highest percentage of people without access to
medical care in the world. We also have the highest number of
uninsured of any developed nation (42.6 million).

So, check out where we REALLY stand compared to the rest of the
world, re: statistics compiled from World Health Organization data
and a Harvard U. study:

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