[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7 Mar, Andrei Popescu wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
More to the point, equating following the majority in an
enterprise that works for them (government health care) with jumping
off a bridge is rather foolish.
Maybe it works someplace else, but in Romania I would rather stay home
and try alternative/traditional medicine then risk going to a hospital.
I could tell you a few horror stories ... Or if you like a good movie
with subtitles: http://imdb.com/title/tt0456149/
Regards,
Andrei
I don't doubt that. No system is perfect. I've heard horror
stories from the US also. No doubt Canadians, Britons, etc. have them
also. Romania's system may very well suck.
My problem is people who make statements like "Our system is the
best because government is always inefficient", or "We have the best
system in the world", without actually looking at any data, or at best
relying on anecdotal evidence.
-Chris
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| Christopher Judd, Ph. D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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What many of us who are against socialized medicine are against is a
nanny state, as it has been proven over and over again that a nanny
state isn't a cure all for problems. All it does is raise taxes, and
create a monopoly that has no incentive to do things efficiently.
I've worked at a government run healthcare facility, albeit in the
maintenance department, and I was in culture shock after working in the
private sector all my life. I couldn't believe the inefficiency that
was accepted as the norm and thus just winked at when it caused major
problems.
When an employee can sit in the library and read during the majority of
their work day, and critical maintenance that they are personally
responsible for such as cleaning out drip pans under refrigeration coils
in the meat coolers for the kitchen that supplies the meals for all
patients is neglected so long that pans with sides more than an inch
tall were dripping water over the sides of the pan because of the mass
of mold, slime and bacteria filling them, and the maintenance records
report that the work was done faithfully every month for the past 5
years, while the supervisors laugh about it, then the existing
government run health system is thoroughly broken.
You actually have to see the inside workings of the government
bureaucracy from the perspective of someone who has worked in the
private sector all their lives to realize just how badly broken the
current government system is. To say the entire health care system
ought to be a government sponsored monopoly is a truly frightening idea
to me.
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