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From: Jamie on 12 Nov 2006 16:45 Eeyore wrote: > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >>Here >>in the northeast no doctor is local. You have to drive or be >>driven or go the emergency room. That's it. > > > No ambulance service ? > > Graham > Yes, be driven, does that give you a clue ? -- "I'm never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken" Real Programmers Do things like this. http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
From: lucasea on 12 Nov 2006 16:54 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:455755D4.28B87A0A(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> >> Right. There is no competition and no check on 100% corruption. >> >> Most monies will go to patronage, outright stealing and administration >> >> costs. None will end up buying the real service. >> > >> >Gee, that doesn't seem to have happened in Canada and the UK. Perhaps >> >you're implying that Americans are less ethical and honest than Brits or >> >Canadians? >> >> People are the same. How do you know similar things are not >> happening in the British systems? > > The NHS gets audited. > > Besides I do actually reckon that most UK medical workers are pretty > ethical ! > And we have a formal 'whistleblower' system. And the biggest reason of all....the UK system is still far less expensive (total cost) and more effective than the US system. Her claim is that patronage, stealing, etc., will rob a nationalized health care system of money, and make it inefficient and expensive. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 12 Nov 2006 16:56 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4557569C.6745C824(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <455629EB.431D90E1(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >And much more [NHS whistleblower policy] >> > >> >http://www.pcaw.co.uk/policy_pub/nhs.html >> > >> >> That approach will work for a while until somebody, and then more >> people, figure out how to use it for their own selfish concerns. >> This is normal; that's how people work. Then the whistleblowing >> infrastructure will need a whistleblowing system to keep it >> honest. > > If you think that way, I can only assume it's because corruption is > endemic in the > USA. No, she thinks that way because she spends too much time in her own head, and invents all sorts of wacky scenarios that simply don't and won't come true...then claims that those scenarios are credible becuase "she knows how things get done" and "she knows how people are". She really, really needs to get out of her own head for a while and get a reality check. > I find it disheartening that you think ppl are naturally thieves. She must have a very lonely, frustrating life. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 12 Nov 2006 17:10 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45576269.BDC16612(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> I haven't been able to describe this in English ASCII yet. > > What is your first language btw ? Last I heard, the language of choice of paranoid conspiracy theorists is Martian. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 12 Nov 2006 17:21
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4557687D.B0B34EAF(a)hotmail.com... > > > John Fields wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >unsettled wrote: >> > >> >> I am at a slight loss in the >> >> medicine coverage if I use Canadian pricing as >> >> the basis, but way ahead if I use USA prices. >> > >> >Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? >> >> --- >> Trick question? >> >> One would think a know-it-all like you'd be able to figure it out >> with no help at all. > > I'm asking you. John has reached the limits of his understanding, and would rather throw tacit insults at you than have a discussion of facts. Eric Lucas |