"Britain's health service makes it the only one of 11 leading industrialised nations where wealth does not determine access to care – providing the most widely accessible treatments at low cost among rich nations, a study has found.
The survey, by US health thinktank the Commonwealth Fund, showed that while a third of American adults 'went without recommended care, did not see a doctor when sick, or failed to fill prescriptions because of costs', this figure was only 6% in the UK and 5% in Holland."
Friday, November 19, 2010
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Yes, Joel -- but do you really want to live like Britons? In small houses and riding public transportation like an animal?
Found a nice article that gives the Paul Harveyesque "RRRest of the story"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/last-credibility
Headline "Liberal thinktank headed by former Carter official stands behind Obamacare through a series of misleading statistics" Yeah not as sexy.
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