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Old 08-25-2009, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by lutzTD View Post
ask the doctors in those countries how they feel about it, and the future of those doctors. the report I saw was that in Germany for instance, the doctors make little more than an engineer, yet have 2X the education. they have gone on strike many. many times for higher wages and many are moving out of Germany. Frances healthcare system is only a few years away from total financial collapse. It would be nice if someone would do a non partisan appraisal rather than one that supports their agenda
They did. Watch the documentary. It does cover the financial issues facing those countries' health care. That's really their only problem. Hospitals are frequently cash-strapped over there whereas here in the US it's the patients who are cash-strapped and the US is the only developed country where citizens go bankrupt because of medical bills.
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