Comments on: French Health Care: L’extrémité est près! http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/07/french-health-care-lextremite-est-pres/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/07/french-health-care-lextremite-est-pres/#comment-6406 Marc Brown Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:31:12 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/07/french-health-care-lextremite-est-pres/#comment-6406 Ant chance you can address the problems in your country? Ant chance you can address the problems in your country?

]]> By: spike http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/07/french-health-care-lextremite-est-pres/#comment-6403 spike Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:37:54 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/07/french-health-care-lextremite-est-pres/#comment-6403 This whole thing is so inaccurate and ridiculous, it's below even your low standards. "What if the system is not sustainable anymore?" Yeah, what if? Of course, the source has no evidence that it's not sustainable anymore and doesn't even say that it might be unsustainable, just that if it isn't sustainable, then the system will blow. Also, they're paying into retirement, unemployment AND healthcare. Given that France spends $2,902 per capita on healthcare while the U.S. spends $5,711 per capita on health care, how is it possible that they are paying significantly more for their healthcare than we are? Perhaps because the bulk of their taxation goes to retirement and unisurance? http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934556.html Finally, the article mentions that French hospitals try to skirt around the law requiring them to report their medical errors. We don't even have such a law in America, and yet somehow the writers of that ridiculous propaganda piece you linked to think there's more of a disclosure problem in France than in America. That is laughable. You really will believe anything anybody says as long as it fits your pre-conceived notions. You will reject anything anyone says if it differs from your pre-conceived notion. This whole thing is so inaccurate and ridiculous, it’s below even your low standards. “What if the system is not sustainable anymore?” Yeah, what if? Of course, the source has no evidence that it’s not sustainable anymore and doesn’t even say that it might be unsustainable, just that if it isn’t sustainable, then the system will blow.

Also, they’re paying into retirement, unemployment AND healthcare. Given that France spends $2,902 per capita on healthcare while the U.S. spends $5,711 per capita on health care, how is it possible that they are paying significantly more for their healthcare than we are? Perhaps because the bulk of their taxation goes to retirement and unisurance? http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934556.html

Finally, the article mentions that French hospitals try to skirt around the law requiring them to report their medical errors. We don’t even have such a law in America, and yet somehow the writers of that ridiculous propaganda piece you linked to think there’s more of a disclosure problem in France than in America. That is laughable.

You really will believe anything anybody says as long as it fits your pre-conceived notions. You will reject anything anyone says if it differs from your pre-conceived notion.

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