Is government-run health care a step backwards?
It’s not simply that Mr. Moore is wrong. His grand tour of public health care systems misses the big story: While he prescribes socialism, market-oriented reforms are percolating in cities from Stockholm to Saskatoon . . .. . . It’s compelling material — I know because, born and raised in Canada, I used to believe in government-run health care. Then I was mugged by reality.
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No surprises here. For those of you who do not subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, this article is a strongly refutes Mr. Moore’s utopian vision of health care in Canada and Great Britain. In another section of the WSJ, the total tax burden of each country is compared to its GDP. Guess which country has the highest tax burden? Why, France of course, the paradigm of health care one would think after watching Mr. Moore’s fantasia. FYI, France’s tax burden was almost twice that of the USA.
American Healthcare is 37th in the world. Not good for a system that costs more than any other. The price would be justified if the quality was # 1 – not 37.
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