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

[devil-ad-vocate.livejournal.com]

VA.
rated by its patients better than any private system in the U.S.

Your memory

[kadeshaderow.livejournal.com]

It's pretty short (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7681867)

Re: Your memory

[devil-ad-vocate.livejournal.com]

Your knowledge must be even shorter:

Walter Reed ARMY Medical Center is operated as part of the U.S. ARMY, not the Veterans Administration.

VETERANS are people who are not on active duty with any of the branches of the armed forces, hence the term VETERAN...

Re: Your memory

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

well hey if we can find the free time would you like to have an article fight?

how about you find every VA fuckup you can, and i'll find every private doctor/hospital fuckup i can, and whoever has more wins?

Fuck You

[kadeshaderow.livejournal.com]

n/t

Re: Fuck You

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

victory by default