McConnell says the American Health Care system it the best in the world.

[SoutherDem]

I know we spend twice as much as anyone else. But, is it really the best? I am just wondering if my fellow DUers believe this.

[Drale]

1. It depends on whether you White and Rich or not /nt

[enki23]

2. 50+ million uninsured, 25+ million underinsured. American healthcare is great, if you can get it.

[Ilsa]

3. Except that it costs too much and

a huge chunk of the population doesn't have access to it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. According to the World Health Organization, we're # 37.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems

WE'RE NUMBER 37! WE'RE NUMBER 37! WE'RE NUMBER 37!



Yay.

[madokie]

16. And mitch the chin is number 10 thou

[SDjack]

24. Yahoo!!! It's not so bad.

We have to go to work to pass Canada (#30), as matter of intra-continental pride. Our immediate objective is not to fall below Slovenia (#38) as we try to move past Costa Rica (#36). Our progress is slowed by Sen. Mitch, who thinks USA is #1. For him, sucking that Federal sponsored healthcare insurance, he has reason to believe that. Little .hope that we will ever over take France (#1)

[madashelltoo]

29. Maybe that's first in the new math

[TreasonousBastard]

5. It is-- for those...

few who can afford it.

But, the World Health Organization rates France, Italy, Germany and 36 others way ahead of us over all. UK, Japan, Sweden I understand, but Morocco and Costa Rica?

http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html

[Motown_Johnny]

6. You can receive the best care here if you can afford it.

Yes, Saudi Princes come here for care because we have the best care in the world.

If you are just an average American citizen the system is not so good. The cost system is broken, the care itself is exceptional.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. "at lobbying" - He forgot the last two words.

[Amonester]

8. From a technically medical POV, it is.

Creative, technical, medical.

Organizational (costs, access, etc.), it isn't.

[sorefeet]

19. I don't know about that

They are curing neuropathy in many countries with stem cell treatment. All my doctor offers me is buckets full of opiates. A drug that has been used for 5000 years is the only thing American medical care gets me. Pretty primative. I think American doctors are just drug dealers, first priority.

[Amonester]

26. No system is perfect, and it isn't in your case.

Here, in UHC Canada, there also are deficiencies in the system, and the pharmaceutical lobbies are also very pro-active.

It's not perfect by any means, but it is accessible, depending on conditions other than financial, be it for emergencies or not.

Best luck to you.

[MrSlayer]

9. Sure. It's the best if you can afford to be in it.

Otherwise, not so much.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. I'll qualify it

Yes, if you can afford it. Otherwise, way too expensive and hardly efficient.

[spanone]

11. how long has mitch been on the dole? he's been suckin' that govt. teat for many years

he also has the best health insurance that the taxpayers can buy..

[trumad]

12. .

[butterfly77]

13. Yes,it is...

for him and his counterparts.

[DearAbby]

14. It's awesome....except for those of us on WAITING LISTS n/t

[Amonester]

17. Waiting lists are common here, in UHC Canada.

And the right-wingers are slowly creating a "2-speeds" system.

Public (for all) = "prioritized" waiting lists.

PRIVATE ("new" - "parallel" - for the rich and/or the privately insured) = "anytime" as needed...

harper - charest

[Booster]

15. He meant HIS Health Care system, not ours.

[treestar]

18. For those who can afford it

It may be the most advanced. That's what they are getting at.

[Arkana]

20. It is, if your name is Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Otherwise it sucks eggs and McConnell's a clueless turtlefaced moron.

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. He is right.

From a technology/training perspective.

Unfortunately, the McConnell class doesn't take into account affordability, so while the system is top notch, few can actually afford to use it and of those who do, many end up in bankruptcy due to the profit motivations of those who will deny breast cancer treatment for a 40 year old because she had a yeast infection when she was 28.

[dimbear]

22. We only need one example. Canada spends half, Canadians live longer.

Frightening thing is, so do Cubans. They spend like a tiny fraction of what we spend.

Of course perhaps you can't completely trust Cuban statistics.

[Riley18]

23. For him it is the best because it is free, for life, and limitless.

[GoCubsGo]

25. Sure. For him it is.

I'm one of millions who are on the "Hope I don't get sick or injured" plan. If he gets sick he gets the care of the best doctors money can buy, and doesn't have to worry about losing his home and everything else he owns.. We on the "Hope I don't get sick" plan hope that we can find some over-the-counter medication, or something in the first aid kit to fix whatever ails us. And, if not, we get to say "hello" to bankruptcy. I hope one of these days, Mitch McConnell gets to endure the very shit he thinks is just fine for 30 million of his fellow countrymen. Fuck him.

[Autumn]

27. That little fuckers health care might be the best in the world.

As for mine and just about everyone I know, it sucks. He and that fucking Cheney have it made. Bastards.

[kestrel91316]

28. It IS the best, for those who have access to it. At least 50 million

Americans do not, and even those who are are frequently bankrupted by their criminally inadequate insurance policies.

[Tsiyu]

30. I've heard about it

but having been uninsured for quite some time I would not know.

Richie Mitch wants us all to pretend - as he does - that we Americans all live in one nation.


We don't.


Ritchie Mitch gets government-subsidized health care - the cream of the crop of health care plans.

I get nothing so he can have his.

We live in two different countries.


And only one of us thinks that's wrong.

[Initech]

31. It's awesome if you can afford it.

If you can't - it sucks.

[TheKentuckian]

32. You don't understand that when my senior Senator says best

he means most profitable and profitable for the right people, aka the ones that have all the money already.

[NYC Liberal]

33. Having the best doctors or technology or medicine (if that's the case) means nothing to

the millions of people who will never have access to it because they are too poor.