Classe move to China

One of the important statistics is infant mortality rate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate

Please notice where we are. Many says that gov. run healthcare would not work but it does in Europe, it does for our Veterans and seems to be appreciated by our Congress.

Another interesting point is that our healthcare cost twice more per person than most European countries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_%28PPP%29_per_capita

Kijanki,

Nice point about our VA. It is the highest rated health coverage we've got and it's totally SOCIALIST in operation. Government owned, staffed and operated.

When Medicare Part D is privatized, increasing our seniors costs while limiting coverage and when it was written into the law that we cannot use our collective buying power to lower the cost of medicine like they do with the VA, shouldn't it be obvious to anyone what is going on?

We have among the worst results of all industrial nations in practically all measures and pay 2-3 time as much as other nations. Does the word "scam" come to mind? Anyone? Bueller? Just because it's a UN study doesn't cheapen it's veracity. It was a purely statistical analysis done with all the available data.

Nonoise, It was obvious to me. I even suspected that whole reform was just to throw in this one sentence about government not to interfere with market mechanisms making collective bargaining illegal and sending drug companies profits thru the roof. "Scam" is about right.

Kijamki,

Yes. collective bargaining, unions, or any kind of forum that would make it easier for the common citizen to be heard above the fray and logjam of lobbyists and unlimited money being "bestowed" on our politicians by special interests is made to look "verboten" and becomes, after a fashion, conventional wisdom.

One good thing that Medicare Part D threw in was a free membership at the gym for grandma and grandpa so all that Viagra and Cialis that pharma are pushing will be put to good use. I shudder to think of poor grandma being chased by a revitalized grandpa who is now in his second childhood.