now it is official. most of the people here are morons. we have the BEST health care system in the world. more than 93% of new pharmeceuticals for heart, cancer, diabetes, liver, pulmonary and AIDS related diseases originate in the U.S. People who have the money and have ANY significant disease and live in Canada come here routinely for medical care, gladly paying a lot of money, because in Canada you can wait MONTHS for non life threatening surgery, and often weeks to a couple of months for life threatening problems. There is no nationalized health system in the world that provides even a shadow of the quality of health care we enjoy in the U.S. And as to it being
"free" in places like Canada and the UK...you people are brain dead. Tax rates in those countries are astronomical. It's only "free" for those who have no income to start with. For those who go out and work everyday and earn a living, it is pathetically expensive. Why do you think all the British rock stars and actors try to establish residence in the U.S.? Why do you think we are flooded by millionaires from Europe, Asia and Latin America? It's because we don't penalize people for being innovative and successful. And by the way, by attracting these people, we also attract their capital, talents, ideas and hard work. Just like the states in the U.S. with the LOWEST business tax rates also have the HIGHEST growth rates, and the HIGEST wage standards. We need, and have, a "safety net" for people in need. What we don't need is national health care and socialized medicine, which insures that EVERYONE will get the same substandard medical care, at higher prices, that 95% of our population now enjoys at much lower prices....and insures that 90% of the medical innovations we now see will be squashed under the weight of a socialist bureacracy and a system that penalizes success and reward indolence.