Yes I read it. Sorry if it sounded like I didn't read it, playing call of duty when I typed it.
Yeah, I'm thinking of playing CoD 4 again. I'm not suggesting that the current administration's answers will work or are the right ones. I'm also not suggesting that we should have universal healthcare. I do have about 3 dozen family relatives living in Canada and have asked them about their health care services. It's not as bad as its made out to be in some media and they for the most part are satisfied with it. I'm sure there are bad cases, just like here, where a year ago or so i responded to a post where an insurance company called a hospital a pulled the plug on a patient (fully current with their premium) who was being prepped for surgery. So there are horror stories both ways.
I'm simply pointing out that our health is ranked low, it's bloated, over priced.
i don't know where you get the idea that our health care system is top notch. No one else seems to think so.
http://www.who.int/whr/2000/media_centre/press_release/en/index.htmlThe U.S. health system spends a higher portion of its gross domestic product than any other country but ranks 37 out of 191 countries according to its performance, the report finds.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_careUnited States
See also: Health care reform in the United States and Health care in the United States
The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system.[1] The government directly covers 27.8% of the population[17] through health care programs for the elderly, disabled, military service families and veterans, children, and some of the poor, through Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and TRICARE.[18][19] Federal law ensures public access to emergency services regardless of ability to pay.[20] However, this unfunded mandate has contributed to a health care safety net that some analyses say is increasingly strained.[21] Certain types of medical spending and particularly health insurance benefit from significant tax subsidies; in particular, employer-sponsored health insurance is a non-taxable benefit. In all, government spending accounted for 45.1% of total health spending in the U.S. in 2005.[22] Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at more than 15% of GDP, a greater portion than in any other United Nations member state except for the Marshall Islands.[23]
Additionally, you haven't shown anything that's deceptive in that article all you seem to do is regurgitate conservative talk show rhetoric.