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

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

there are few billion uninsured

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

We're talking the US.

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

40 million figure includes only the US citizens and permanent residents?

[dwer.livejournal.com]

actually, it's closer to 50 million.

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

got solid statistics?

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's closer to 10.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

40 million includes citizens, residents legal and illegal, and anyone who has been without insurance for any length of time over that calendar year. So if you were insured for 50 weeks of 52, you're consdered uninsured for that year.

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

So since any illegal is included, I would just put few billion of possible illegals on top

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

There aren't anything resembling a billion people in the US.

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

But there can be.

One way air ticket: $400
US Visa: $50
Free healthcare until you get deported (which will never happen to a sick person) - priceless

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

the u.s. doesn't show a lot of restraint in who it deports when it's an illegal immigrant they caught

since you are so cavalier about calling them simply "illegals" i can draw a few conclusions on how much you know about how they're treated

you have a very unrealistic picture of the health care situation here

[geezer-also.livejournal.com]

I guess it all depends on where you live. We have welcoming centers in L.A. to advise (mostly) illegals where to get whatever they need, which includes health care that I pay nearly a $1000 a month for....it will be better when I can go on medicare in a couple of years, so I anin't complaining (at least the cost, not sure of the care ;) )

[redheadrat.livejournal.com]

being an immigrant, living in an immigrant community, having a mother working as a bi-lingual counselor in local public school I see alot of illegals

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

I don't think he's part of the reality-based community.