Comments on: Doctoring the Truth? http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2009/08/doctoring-the-truth/ A Kiwi in Paris, sweating on the metro Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2009/08/doctoring-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Richard Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:57:43 +0000 http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/?p=3263#comment-780 Thanks for the link klari! Yes I agree that coming from a country (New Zealand) where socially funded healthcare was a right for every citizen, mutually funded by every citizen, I still find it difficult to get my head around the idea that healthcare in a developed country might not be available to me when I need it. The American system is bizarre, costly, ineffective and unjust, and yet some people seem to think it's patriotic to preserve it. Thanks for the link klari! Yes I agree that coming from a country (New Zealand) where socially funded healthcare was a right for every citizen, mutually funded by every citizen, I still find it difficult to get my head around the idea that healthcare in a developed country might not be available to me when I need it. The American system is bizarre, costly, ineffective and unjust, and yet some people seem to think it’s patriotic to preserve it.

]]> By: klari http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/2009/08/doctoring-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-779 klari Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:11:10 +0000 http://www.richardcotman.com/etnobofin/?p=3263#comment-779 Then you'll probably enjoy this blog post : http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/bureaucrats.html and certainly the whole blog (an actual gem) as well as the book this blogger wrote. Enjoy. Somehow, I only realised in my early twenties what a privilege it was to benefit from the french "sécu". It was disturbing to realise that in some countries, the us in particular, this kind of policy is considered a blasphemous waste of money. Then you’ll probably enjoy this blog post :
http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/bureaucrats.html

and certainly the whole blog (an actual gem) as well as the book this blogger wrote.
Enjoy.

Somehow, I only realised in my early twenties what a privilege it was to benefit from the french “sécu”. It was disturbing to realise that in some countries, the us in particular, this kind of policy is considered a blasphemous waste of money.

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