Do most realize that the Canadian health care system is failing?
Not all state-supported health care systems are failing, but many of them are struggling to keep up with rising costs, particularly technology costs. But a Canadian doctor cited in the link said Canada’s system is “imploding,” i.e., it is failing. Sweden is encountering serious cost problems, as are Britain and France. The countries that are doing best with NHC are countries with young, relatively healthy populations. It is much less expensive to treat a young person with dengue fever than it is to treat an old person who has had a stroke or a heart attack. Both may die, but the dengue fever victim will probably die quickly; the older stroke or heart attack victim may hang on for years. And, no, I am not suggesting we implement Sarah Palin’s “death panels” to decide who will get healthcare and who will be allowed to die. Let’s face it, we’re not going to provide a heart transplant to a 95-year-old person. He/she would probably not even survive the surgery, or even the anti-rejection dr
