| Thank you. It beats me that Americans when looking for alternatives to their current system(s) or the lack of systems in third world countries overlook the European models where "socialized medicine" in various forms works well and has done so since around WW2 (different from country to country). My experience in Europe is limited to living in Denmark, Spain and Bulgaria, and in each place health care could certainly be improved. But most citizens don't worry as much about health care as they did when I lived in the US. Having seen hospitals in those European countries and what is supposedly a top class Manhattan hospital, I would not trade the European model for the American. Just the humiliation of asking a woman in severe pain for her insurance before treating her; it's undignified. But whereas the European models could - and in my opinion should - inspire in the US, they are not easily transposed to third world countries where you lack a strong government without too much corruption to collect taxes. Here, a private model might work better. Anyways, kudos to anyone trying to improve healthcare in the third world or ours. |