'Americans sicker than Canadians'

[Devastatin Dave]

I think the last time it was the Brits that were healthier

Probably, its hard to keep up with all the "We're better than America", "USA sucks because", and "Americans are stupid" threads. I guess if it makes you feel better about your position in the world, go for it. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[English assassin]

But consider if the United States did not have free market health care. The advances in medical science cost ungodly sums of money and are the direct product of competition and entrepreneurialism. If the United States had a government-only health care system, the health of the world would stagnate.

Riiiight. Because the NHS doesn't pay for new drugs? It spent £10 billion in 2005-06, £7 bn branded, £3 bn generic.

As for the reference to the health of the world stagnating without the US free market, I could contrast the sums spent on developing, say, antimalarials compared with the sums spent on lifestyle drugs like viagra and "cures" for makle pattern baldness, but as Viagra was developed in the stagnant UK I won't.

[BHCWarman88]

Probably, its hard to keep up with all the "We're better than America", "USA sucks because", and "Americans are stupid" threads. I guess if it makes you feel better about your position in the world, go for it. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Yeah I know,but they can get a good workout on Friendly Lobby on RTW..