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Originally Posted by tankdriver
We don't have to copy Ireland
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The British-UK model strikes me as the least desirable of the existing systems. Fresh Air on NPR had a great piece yesterday from a guy who traveled the world and sampled the various systems:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112172939
The French model is said by many I've heard talk about it to be about the best of the lot.
I'm thinking that some sort of single payer method with major triage and preventive care counseling for the underclass that is now sucking down major $$ by clogging up ERs around the country would be an improvement. We're paying for it now - we could make it more efficient.
People of means could continue to pay for their more luxurious, more rapid care.