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Vera, the Atlanta Journal Constitution article is just as  
propagandistic in that it really doesn't say anything; it just spouts  
more rhetoric about what is wrong with universal health care without  
offering a solution beyond the inadequate status quo.  Further, it  
reads as if the author is describing the current system of managed  
care in the US, and that the current shortage of physicians in certain  
parts of the US will soon become evident in France.  And don't  
insurance companies in this country currently cap costs?  How can the  
citizenry or the country be better off when over half the population  
is without health care?  Isn't a healthy population a productive one?

John


On Jul 13, 2009, at 3:05 PM, VERA R CROWELL wrote:

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> Again, this is not "propagandizing." It is the epitome of naivete to  
> ignore existing problems with a system you want to emulate. You'd  
> better find out what the real deal is from an economic standpoint or  
> the country and its citizens will be no better off than they are  
> now. Not only will you have wasted time, you will have wasted money.
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> http://www.institutmolinari.org/editos/20090421.htm
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> Ills of French health system a lesson on reining in costs
> Valentin Petkantchin* – April 21, 2009
> Article first published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on April  
> 12, 2009.
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> "At the center of President Barack Obama’s budget is a $634 billion  
> “reserve fund” to help policy-makers achieve comprehensive health  
> care reform. But money alone can’t fix a country’s health care  
> problems. Ask any Frenchman.
>
> The French health system is one of the world’s most expensive. And  
> as the government desperately tries to rein in spending, patients  
> are getting increasingly shoddy care....The lessons for America are  
> clear: Attempting to achieve universal coverage through compulsory  
> insurance will not control costs but will certainly undermine  
> quality of care.
>
> Admittedly, France still has superior health care compared with  
> neighbors such as Britain, where the state both owns and pays for  
> health care via taxes. But as France continues down this same path,  
> its population too will eventually suffer Britain’s infamous waiting  
> lists and rationing. America would do well to take heed."
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> *Valentin Petkantchin is Director of Research of the Institut  
> économique Molinari.
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