02-13-2009, 04:00 AM
Just my 2 cents worth - I keep reading about "socialism" in the blog. In case you haven't noticed. Socialism died in the 90's capitalism died last year.
In the meantime what we have left is a discussion of rights. Some countries take the position that their citizens have rights to education, medical care, etc others do not.(we are among the last hold outs)
The reason we have shoddy doctors in my opinion is that the US medical profession is basically self policing, has the political leadership in their pockets (AMA) and is made up of individuals (with few exceptions) chasing the dollar, not health for their patients.
As an example. this latest medical tempest about the woman with eight kids, she got care that was dollar based, meanwhile the Sophies battle the institutions to get basic care. Socialistic or not, you would not read about that kind of lunacy in Canada
go figure