This is when you know reform is needed:

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

The Economist praises the Swedish health care system over the American on issues of incentives.

Article linked here:

http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13899647

Also....an image worth keeping in mind for defenders of the broken system:



Now, there's something wrong with this picture. See if you can tell me what it is.....

X-posted from my own LJ.

Comments

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Er.....person in USA have to pay, person in USA fucked if have to pay without insurance.

Now, understand intelligent-speak, Tarzan?

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

THEY STILL GET CARE

[dwer.livejournal.com]

BUT NOT VERY GOOD CARE

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

What do you consider "good care"?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

comprehensive systematic medical care, including real well visits (not just cheating the ER), prescription coverage, dental coverage, etc, etc, etc, at a price that doesn't crush the american dream.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Oh, so we've succeeded already. Good.

Why the clamoring for an overhaul, then?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

cute, but untrue. We have not succeeded already. But you know that, and you don't give a shit.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

No, I do give a shit. I just don't see the value in blowing up a system that generally works when we can actually fix it.

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

Had that in USSR, still trying to recover.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

bullshit.

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

Have you given me a physical?

[chessdev.livejournal.com]

Picture this:

I enact a scene from SAW with you as my victim. I place you in a room with food on a table...but you can't reach it because your leg is chained to the wall. Several days go by and you feel sick and hungry.

There is a saw next to you -- you'll have to remove a foot if you want to reach what I'm offering.

By *your* logic, I could turn around and say: "Hey...food was AVAILABLE. Sure he had to lose a foot to reach it, but it was THERE! He COULD reach it if he wanted it bad enough".