As for the quality of British health care, advocates of socialized medicine point out that while the British system may not
be as rich as U.S. heath care, no patient is turned away. To
which I would respond that my wife���s one roommate at Cornell University Hospital in New York was an uninsured homeless woman, who shared the same spectacular view of the East
River and was receiving about the same quality of health care
as my wife. Uninsured Americans are not left on the street to
die.
Something is clearly wrong with medical pricing over here. Ten
therapy sessions aren���t worth $27,000, no matter how shiny
the floors are. On the other hand my wife was wheeled into
Cornell and managed to partially walk out after a relatively
pleasant stay in a relatively clean environment. Can one really
put a price on that? H
David Asman
is the host of ���Forbes on FOX��� and he also writes for the Wall
Street Journal.
HYLAND
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