AMA: Is US health really the best in the world?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

What constitutes the "best" heath care? What is the criteria we are dealing with?

Um...infant mortality rates? Life expectancy? Cost per capita?

Pfffft!

Fluffy hippie speak.

Yup. As long as the metrics don't take into account saving the right people versus the wrong people, they're meaningless. No two people are equally deserving of the hypothetical health care dollar.

Exactly. For those who can afford it, they get the best health care...as it should be. Let the rest eat cake.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Why waste perfectly good cake?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Why waste perfectly good cake?

Who says it has to be good cake?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I've never had bad cake. But then again, I'm a fat muthafucka.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I've never had bad cake. But then again, I'm a fat muthafucka.

I've eaten cake that's all dried up from being in the fridge for several days, but I see your point. The riff raff won't know the difference.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I don't know about eating cake, but "eating $hit" would be closer to the mark.

[bulaklak 0]

Good lord. Has anyone actually claimed that the US has the best HEALTH CARE in the world?!

[bulaklak 0]

Oh..can anybody tell me why US has the best health care in the world??

it takes weeks or months schedule before you can see your doctor?? is this ONE OF THE BEST REASON?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

What they should say is that if you can afford it - it's the best.

If you can't - you are fvcked.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Oh..can anybody tell me why US has the best health care in the world??

it takes weeks or months schedule before you can see your doctor?? is this ONE OF THE BEST REASON?

Wait times to make an appointment? That's only in Canada, didn't you know?

[bulaklak 0]

The appointment takes weeks or months before you finally able too see your doctor in US . also it depends where you live though. but most mostly it takes longer.

unleast you have a walk in clinic avaible in your area then thats a different story.

[bulaklak 0]

What they should say is that if you can afford it - it's the best.

If you can't - you are fvcked.

Most people in the US have health insurance

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

What they should say is that if you can afford it - it's the best.

If you can't - you are fvcked.

Most people in the US have health insurance

'Most' is a lower bar than many of us would like

[_Simpson_ 250]

Oh..can anybody tell me why US has the best health care in the world??

it takes weeks or months schedule before you can see your doctor?? is this ONE OF THE BEST REASON?

Wait times to make an appointment? That's only in Canada, didn't you know?

not sure where you 2 live but I have always been able to see a doctor that day when I needed, clinic. The only time I really have had to wait is for dental appointments.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

What they should say is that if you can afford it - it's the best.

If you can't - you are fvcked.

Most people in the US have health insurance

What was it at last count - 40% of Americans are uninsured?

Anyways - being insured doesn't mean a whole lot in the great scheme of things.

If (like me) you went to see a specialist to have a blood vessel in the nose cauterised (basically the guy puts some lidocaine in your nose, then cauterises it with silver nitrate - in practical terms, having a stick jammed up your nose) you've already paid $25 to see the GP to give you the permission slip to see the specialist, pay that guy a $40 copay and then find a nice bill for $260 in the mail a few months later.

#######!?

The US has a generally higher cost of living than I had back in the UK - even with the higher taxes. Everything costs more - from healthcare to a cable TV subscription. People at home bitched about having to pay an annual license fee so you could watch TV... I expect people would go through the roof if they had to pay an equivalent amount per month...

Edited July 13, 2009 by Private Pike