"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:30:30 -0700 (PDT), John Kane wrote:
>
>> On Sep 16, 1:01 pm, Omelet > wrote:
>>>
>>> I suspect it's coming. My main concern with Socialized health care is
>>> what it's going to cost us.
>>
>> Well if you do it like most of the other OECD countries it should cost
>> you about 50% or less than the current US health "system". Cost per
>> captia in Canada $2,998, cost per capita USA $5,711.
>>
>> http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm
>
> stand by for tales of year-long waits for hip replacements and canadians
> coming south for 'good' medical care...
>
> paying more for worse medical care (and higher mortality rates) is a
> god-given right according to opponents of 'socialized medicine.'

>
U.S. has second worst newborn death rate in modern world, report says
Research: 2 million babies die in first 24 hours each year worldwide
By Jeff Green
CNN


http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/paren...mothers.index/

Click on the link half way down and you'll see that Canada comes out ahead
of the USA.

Graham