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It will be interesting to see whether the political will is there to prevent us from inflating out of our debt. Current bunch: I wouldn't bet on it. They don't strike me as knowing enough to control inflation if they wanted to. Why is it that so many economists appear more afraid of less than 1% de...

Would they take someone with who had a heart attack? I am only 34 years old, but I had one 3 months ago. That is my problem... It can't be a good idea to be battling on the forum if you have heart issues. MSimon and TallDave aren't going to change their stripes no matter how convincing you make you...

Would they take someone with who had a heart attack? I am only 34 years old, but I had one 3 months ago. That is my problem... It can't be a good idea to be battling on the forum if you have heart issues. MSimon and TallDave aren't going to change their stripes no matter how convincing you make you...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7510121.stm 1) Three of the five top cancer survival rate countries listed in that reference are 'socialist'. Not exactly a strong support for your case. 2) I doubt the U.S. figures count individuals who, due to lack of means, are unable to receive long term treatm...

Transplants and MRI are definitely not bullshit and they get paid for, of course. You can only do as many MRIs as you have machines to do them. So you're either not doing them as often as we are or waiting longer or both. But I"m not sure you follow the marginal issue. Let's say there's only a .000...

Btw, I am not sure whether Most of the people in the US do not like having the government to have that much control over whats best for us is that applicable to healthcare. Clearly the majority voted for Obama, who seems to have a rather reasonable idea in regards to healthcare (public healthcare f...

Thanks vankirkc, I had not heard that the Fed is not likely to continue additional Treasury security purchases. That is a major relief that the Fed is not going to monetize the US debt. Of course, that leaves the question of where the US will get the loans for their projected $9 trillion deficit. A...

TallDave, thanks for the reply and wiki link. There is quite a bit to digest, but found this: "The Fed holds at least $534 billion of the national debt. The "securities held outright" value used to directly represent the Fed's share of the national debt, but after the creation of new facilities in ...

I'm fine with a private system. It needs two important features, however: 1) If you sell insurance, you sell it to everyone irrespective of their condition, everyone pays the same price, and the insurer cannot unilateral cancel because of a health related event. 2) Pricing for life-critical goods a...

Confounding information on U.S. cancer rates that might be of interest: Hispanic Immigrants to US suffer 40% higher cancer rates . I don't think the my daddy is better than your daddy argument is going to go anywhere, particularly when no one can agree on a standard of measurement. What really shou...

vankirkc, You must have missed: BTW I live in a part of America that hardly ever gets above 100 F. Rarely above the mid 90s. And yet I'm poor (according to government statistics) and have air conditioning. I suppose it could be cultural. The French may prefer to sweat. It could also be that the Fre...

vankirkc, You must have missed: The new estimate comes a day after the French Parliament released a harshly worded report blaming the deaths on a complex health system, widespread failure among agencies and health services to coordinate efforts, and chronically insufficient care for the elderly . B...

Yes. France is excellent. Except when the doctors are all on vacation. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2003-09-25-france-heat_x.htm The bulk of the victims — many of them elderly — died during the height of the heat wave, which brought suffocating temperatures of up to 104 degrees in a country...

Yes. But is that true in Canada? Or GB? Or France? The facts: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html US is #50 on that list. Is genetic variation accounted for? Variations in climate? Or is it just raw ranking? You can't be serious. France and the U.K. a...

Let's have the equivalent stats for the U.S., including women who have no healtchare because they can't afford it and don't qualify for public assistance. Then we can compare and see if it's really an inferior system. You generally cannot be refused treatment in the U.S. The worst that can happen i...