On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:04:32PM -0700, Justin Mason mentioned:
> it still doesn't quite work out that way, though -- even with the
> insurance companies supposedly paying for a lot of the expense, the US
> *government* pays more per capita on citizens' healthcare than Sweden, and
> per-capita spending (including both government and individual costs) is
> highest in the world.
I'm sure that like here, a lot of the cost is because of the propensity
of people to sue doctors. OK, it's worse here because you can now sue
doctors even when its not their fault. But you get the idea.
john
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