Classe move to China

Rok2id - That would be step in the right direction and I agree there should be some deductible but in many countries it is completely free and it works just fine being much more effective than our health care. I hear often this mantra "Our system is the best in the world" but there is no data to back it up. It is insurance companies propaganda to protect their interest. The truth is that in the world of business doctor has no incentives to make you healthy. He makes more money when you're sick. Objective is just wrong. I went few times to doctor who doesn't recognize me, writes things in the file during conversation but next time doesn't even read it. Elderly people who cannot afford medication go to Canada with prescriptions to buy exactly the same brand for 1/2 the cost getting it confiscated at the border on the way back. It is shame, and please do not come with horse analogies. When horse is dead unmounting it seems to be the best strategy.

If universal health care is right, I would say that food, water, oxygen and housing are rights too. Heated housing and with electricity.

"The study is published early online and in the August edition of The Lancet Oncology. Funding was provided by the CDC, the Department of Health in London, and Cancer Research UK in London."

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20080716/cancer-survival-rates-vary-by-country?page=2

Inna, Welfare system in this country is completely screwed up promoting laziness. We are responsible for what we do with our life and should be rewarded accordingly but with few exceptions we're not responsible for disease or genes we have. Healthcare cost skyrockets while at the same time profits of insurance companies do the same. For many people the best chance to resolve health issues is to get to prison. We should stop this insanity.

Differences in cancer treatment and success varies from state to state due to a woman's access, or lack of, and the provincial attitudes that can guide that state. What a woman can get in California or Oregon is a far cry from what she can get in other, restrictive states.

It's great that studies are shared but there should be a minimum floor that would be nationwide on the knowledge of and what is available. There are some parts of this country where I wouldn't want to get sick in.

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Rok2kid,

I'll do you one better and suggest that we have primary, not for profit health insurance and if you want , you can pay extra for that private room, catered meals, cosmetic surgery and the like. If one were to practice our style of healthcare in other, 'advanced' countries, you could be arrested on a felony charge.