Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 14:34 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> Or a Brit needing an operation for which there is a very long
> waiting list because of NHS inefficiencies?
Life Expectancy at birth (years):
U.S. E.U. U.K. Canada
Male: 75.02 75.10 76.09 76.86
Female: 80.82 81.60 81.13 83.74
Total: 77.85 78.30 78.54 80.22
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births)
U.S. E.U. U.K. Canada
Male: 7.09 5.60 5.67 5.15
Female: 5.74 4.50 4.47 4.22
Total: 6.43 5.10 5.08 4.69
Sure looks like socialized medicine is sucking there, huh?
I guess conservatives in the U.S. are only concerned about a the life
cycle of fetus until a baby is born, after which it's fine by them if
the baby dies, as long as the dreaded spectre of "Universal Health Care"
is kept at bay.
--
Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions
of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to
dream." --S. Jackson
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