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#97590 - 05/09/08 11:21 PM It's all about the money
14tonks
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Registered: 10/25/01
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Loc: Only 3rd world country in US
Health care these days is all about the money, and the country doesn't seem to make much difference. At the same time India is recruiting Americans to take medical vacations there to get sophisticated tertiary care for less, it is failing to provide basic care to half its own children.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7389283.stm
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More than half of Indian children under the age of five do not get the health care they need, according to a report by Save the Children.


Whatever is wrong with health care priorities these days, it seems to be international in scope.

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#97592 - 05/10/08 01:02 AM Re: It's all about the money [Re: 14tonks]
Julie W8
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I trust nobody here is surprised by this news.
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#97611 - 05/10/08 02:04 PM Re: It's all about the money [Re: Julie W8]
Linda Andrews CMT
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Registered: 12/31/69
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What are the statistics for those without medical insurance here in the United States? I was surprised to find out that we weren't doing better. I don't have the figures in front of me, but they were shocking. We used to be the people who had it all together and could help those in other countries who didn't. Who is going to help us? There are nations that do much better than we do with health insurance coverage. Maybe we should start asking them to send CARE packages to our children who don't have enough to eat and don't have acceptable medical care.
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#97617 - 05/10/08 03:23 PM Re: It's all about the money [Re: Linda Andrews CMT]
14tonks
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I believe the last statistics I saw estimated the totally uninsured in the the US had passed 16% of the population. Given the current recession and the fact most are still insured through employers, I would imagine the number continues to grow. The shocking thing is that we already spend more on health care for poorer results than any other developed country.

Found some numbers here for 2006:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/19319.html

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