tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post4963566150214148969..comments2023-10-02T18:02:52.243+10:00Comments on 3 Word Slogan: Health perspectivesCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-4163286235886475122008-02-09T06:16:00.000+10:002008-02-09T06:16:00.000+10:00Cart, I'm certainly not saying that your system do...Cart, I'm certainly not saying that your system does not have room for improvement.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-88106489166320506822008-02-06T07:40:00.000+10:002008-02-06T07:40:00.000+10:00Tom, I don't have cover here, and know I will have...Tom, I don't have cover here, and know I will have to wait for treatment. If I had cover I would still have to wait. But I know I will be treated, and basically for free.<BR/>The differences are enormous and I can't see Australians settling for what we have.<BR/>Still, I hope there are some guidelines for the wish list there too.Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-63015321500649887922008-02-06T07:11:00.000+10:002008-02-06T07:11:00.000+10:00Here in the US, 18,000 people die each year becaus...Here in the US, 18,000 people die each year because nobody without employer-provided health coverage, except the very rich, can afford basic health care. Thousands more die every year because their greedy insurance companies routinely deny life-saving care to patients, who had coverage for such care, to increase their profit.<BR/><BR/>You folks there don't know how fortunate you are to have TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-85688929260417232402008-02-05T20:42:00.000+10:002008-02-05T20:42:00.000+10:00bloody! "flower-child talk" is a damned sight bett...bloody! "flower-child talk" is a damned sight better than closed minds. <BR/>Your point was a good one. I just reject the unthinking pseudo opinions of the populous. <BR/>Sort of limits my reach too :)Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-6501101452269686242008-02-05T20:33:00.000+10:002008-02-05T20:33:00.000+10:00amen. lovely planet earth is a pretty small rowboa...amen. lovely planet earth is a pretty small rowboat. and there are no borders when viewed from space. the only real barriers are in people's minds. ok, I'll stop the flower-child talk now.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-73231461532640279702008-02-05T20:17:00.000+10:002008-02-05T20:17:00.000+10:00d.k. Howard took his instructions directly from th...d.k. Howard took his instructions directly from the WH. He failed at times, purely because populous will only accept so much.<BR/>Unfortunately the populous of bloody immigrants have no problem accepting limits on people coming here from elsewhere. <BR/>It is one of the things I detest about this country. Okay, people are narrow and self serving everywhere, but this row boat ain't big enough for Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-84897184450364316732008-02-05T19:58:00.000+10:002008-02-05T19:58:00.000+10:00a couple years ago, in a fit of serious emmigratio...a couple years ago, in a fit of serious emmigration consideration, I looked up the details of the Australian health system. I recall a lot of touting it as the best of both worlds, combining features of euro national health and american-style private providers. I had trouble understanding what about our system was desireable, but apparently PM Howard fixated on pharma (as you point out). The D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com