Health Care Cost

Suddenly everyone is freaking out about the potential cost of health care reform, i.e., universal health care.

So why is it that countries which are much poorer than America can afford it? Like Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. In these other advanced democratic countries the insatiable greed of the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors is brought more into line with something resembling reality. These countries spend far less per person than is spent in America on health care, and at the same time they also have lower infant mortality rates and longer life spans. These countries also don't waste so much money on what President Eisenhower warned us about: The military-industrial-complex.

The American way of doing business is turning out to not be the most efficient. Not by a long shot. The American style of free market capitalism is just the greediest. We are simply dealing with another manifestation of greed, and the self centered American phenomenon of “I want it all for me!”

Italy was once a great country, the same with Greece, Egypt, and also the Aztecs in Mexico. They each blew it and now are second tier countries. This is the direction America has been heading for almost 20 years. Reversing this downward slide is now probably close to impossible. Just like the rise and fall of other great civilizations.

I recommend that your kids or grandkids take Chinese language classes in school.

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