CANCER CURED: Re: [cancercured] Re: national healthcare? see how it is in canada ("the model" for the proposed system)

Just for clarification --- your wife, your daughter-in-law, and your grandson ---- did they all use the same insurance? You said "Medicare." If they all used the same system, did you maybe mean Medicaid? Just checkin'. Thanks. Jan

--- On Sun, 7/19/09, JCastron <jcastron1@comcast.net> wrote:

From: JCastron <jcastron1@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [cancercured] Re: national healthcare? see how it is in canada ("the model" for the proposed system)
To: cancercured@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009, 9:16 PM

We do not want to turn this list into a comparison of systems, however, with the American system made up of Big Pharma, The Insurers and a host of other 'interested' parties, spending $1,400,000 every day to kill a Public Option and reform in general, I think that was a timely post.

We are speaking about a system that many of us have no choice but to use therefore I am adding to it.

America spends more per capita than any Westernized nation and others as well but falls behind these other nations in Average length of Life (Longevity), Infant Mortality, and general health care.
Does America have specialties that others do not have? Sure, there may be very well trained surgeons with specialized equipment but the overall picture is a sad commentary based upon the money spent. Many of us only use medical services for testing and general use but in the last two years my wife suffered a broken neck, my daughter-in- law needed three surgeries for the same accident and just last month my grandson needed surgery for a broken leg. As for the fuss over health-care reform? Why not let the people have a public option and those that 'love' their health plan can remain with it? Simply allow them to buy into and help fund the Medicare system that has worked very well for Joe C. and family. PS: I still have a large group insurance client and just recently presented his annual renewal. EIGHTEEN PERCENT higher than last year.
Complete insanity.

Joe C.

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