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Posted by David Fairthorne on Mon Jun 22 15:23:55 2009, in response to Re: Gibbs Can't Name Countries Where Government Health Care Works Better, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 22 04:36:49 2009. As a resident of Canada and a former resident of Britain, I have always been satisfied by the health care systems of those two countries. Britain's Labour government introduced the National Health Service after World War II; it was one of the reforms recommended by the visionary Lord Beveridge in the Beveridge Report (1942). Canada's health care is provided by the provinces. I am quite happy that health care is paid for at reasonable cost from taxpayer funds.Based on what I have heard about the American system, it's very good but very expensive, costing far more per person and a much greater proportion of the Gross National Product than other industrialized countries. Also, too many people are uninsured or underinsured, and many have to declare personal bankruptcy if they become seriously ill for a long time or cannot be insured due to a pre-existing condition. |
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