Reply #61: Well, let's think about this . . . [View All]

[NavajoRug]

"No one who has single payer, even in Great Britain, would trade their system for ours any day. That's what it's all about."

Great Britain does not have a single-payer system. They also have a private health insurance system.

I agree that most people wouldn't trade "their system" for "our system" any day. I also contend that most people in these countries would gladly use our system if they thought they needed it. That's why you almost always see AMERICAN doctors performing delicate operations in foreign countries (conjoined twins, organ transplants, etc.), and that's why foreigners with life-threatening illnesses who can afford to do so always come to the U.S. for their treatment.

Ask any cancer patient in the world who is familiar with medical facilities and treatment options to list their preferred facility for treatment in order of their preference, and the Sloan-Kettering Center in New York will be at the top of the list. Do the same thing for heart patients, and the DeBakey Institute in Texas or the Cleveland Clinic will be at the top of the list. Do the same thing for almost any other debilitating disease, and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota will be at the top of the list.

Do you think this is all just a coincidence?