Comments on: White House pressures Brits on behalf of Big Pharma http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1520 BTC News: News, politics, opinion and satire Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anders http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1520/comment-page-1#comment-211685 Anders Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:59:09 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1520#comment-211685 I have never been a good gambler but if I had to do it I would feel comfortable betting that consideration of the impact on British quality of life is not among the top 100 reasons the US is promoting these ideas. I have never been a good gambler but if I had to do it I would feel comfortable betting that consideration of the impact on British quality of life is not among the top 100 reasons the US is promoting these ideas.

]]> By: Avedon http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1520/comment-page-1#comment-211625 Avedon Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:00:10 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1520#comment-211625 A while back I linked something on, I think it was Angry Bear, or maybe Ezra Klein's blog, about the differences in health care systems in Euprope and North America. And the statistic that interested me most of the period of time at the end of life during which people were in poor health. And even here in Britain, people spent less of their last years really sick. I'm not sure exactly how that happens, but you know what? I think that's what most of us are aiming for. Over here we can expect to live at least as long as Americans, but still be less miserable in the end. But I'd be perfectly happy to give up a year or two at the end of my life if it meant all of my years would be reasonable healthy and able years. You'd have to be stupid to think that adopting American health policies would be good for Britain. But it's not stupidity I'm worried about. Tony Blair has proven to be outrageously willing to destroy what is best about this country in the name of being more like what his rich friends want. (And anyway, we already have private health care and insurance programs available for those who want to pay for it. It's just that most people aren't that insane.) A while back I linked something on, I think it was Angry Bear, or maybe Ezra Klein’s blog, about the differences in health care systems in Euprope and North America. And the statistic that interested me most of the period of time at the end of life during which people were in poor health. And even here in Britain, people spent less of their last years really sick.

I’m not sure exactly how that happens, but you know what? I think that’s what most of us are aiming for. Over here we can expect to live at least as long as Americans, but still be less miserable in the end. But I’d be perfectly happy to give up a year or two at the end of my life if it meant all of my years would be reasonable healthy and able years.

You’d have to be stupid to think that adopting American health policies would be good for Britain. But it’s not stupidity I’m worried about. Tony Blair has proven to be outrageously willing to destroy what is best about this country in the name of being more like what his rich friends want.

(And anyway, we already have private health care and insurance programs available for those who want to pay for it. It’s just that most people aren’t that insane.)

]]> By: Anders http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1520/comment-page-1#comment-211316 Anders Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:18:31 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1520#comment-211316 Certainly. You need also to drop 15=20% of your population from NHS coverage so that they need not fret about the indignities of it. These should preferably be lower middle-class people to prevent them from overly swelling the ranks of the comfortable. Certainly. You need also to drop 15=20% of your population from NHS coverage so that they need not fret about the indignities of it. These should preferably be lower middle-class people to prevent them from overly swelling the ranks of the comfortable.

]]> By: Laurie http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1520/comment-page-1#comment-211301 Laurie Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:07:53 +0000 http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/?p=1520#comment-211301 I think there is a lot us Brits can learn from a country that spends more on health care per person, yet has more strokes, heart disease and forces individuals to pay more for medication (not to mention the barrage of advertising aimed at uninformed people hoping that they will overrule their doctors). Aneurin Bevan must be turning in his grave... I think there is a lot us Brits can learn from a country that spends more on health care per person, yet has more strokes, heart disease and forces individuals to pay more for medication (not to mention the barrage of advertising aimed at uninformed people hoping that they will overrule their doctors).

Aneurin Bevan must be turning in his grave…

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