spike, did you even LOOK at how those ratings were composed in the source you quoted? yes? look again. it's not measuring quality of care available so much as equal distribution of care across a population. the index is composed from the moral priorities of a commie. and not the imaginary commie gonz is worried about sneaking up from behind and plooking him, but a real commie.
Yes, it measures both the quality of care and the distribution. While the we currently spend the most money on care we rank 30+ in providing care for our citizens. Seems awfully inefficient no?
Why are we spending the most yet we rank 30+ in infant mortality? It's because our system is built around high profitability instead high quality. To be profitable you need repeat customers which you don't get by fixing problems. It's much more profitable to prescribe pharmaceuticals for the symptoms and let the root cause stay.
Imagine some commie sneaks up and plooks Gonz and just really tears some stuff up back there and the doctors just send him home with some Vicodin instead of repairing the damage.
my medical care is fantastic. that level of care is available. yours may suck. tough shit for you.
I have the choice between Blue Cross HMO, Blue Cross PPO, or Kaiser. They all suck. I imagine at some point depending on what you need them for you'll come to the realization that yours is more than a little broken too.
MY GF recently needed some really expensive medicine and needed it right away. The insurance company drug their feet for weeks not wanting to approve it while she got worse. Finally her doctor was forced to admit her into the hospital for a week and a half so insurance would HAVE to pay for it.
So it ended up costing insurance a heck of a lot more than it would have if they weren't such greedy bastards. The system is broken.
if you think i want to subsidize...
a)anyone who is able to have health care but chooses not to participate,
b)anyone too stupid to hedge their risks in a smart way, or
c)those chicks that SnP talks about that drive cadillac escalades and use food stamps,
... then you are solely mistaken.
If you think I want to provide care to...
1. People who have had to stop working because of serious illness and lost their insurance
2. People with pre-existing conditions that are denied insurance
3. Hard working people at low paying jobs that can't afford insurance
4. 9/11 workers with respiratory problems who are currently suffering without insurance.
Then you are completely right.
I do find it interesting that you would deny coverage to those with a low IQ. Seems pretty fascist.
