European Dispatch Articles | Higher Costs Also Afflict Europe's 'Socialized Medicine'

Miller-McCune by Michael Scott Moore | Sep. 16, 2009 (Special Report)

Europe, as everyone knows, has just and decent health coverage; America doesn't. But three years ago the streets of Swiss and German cities rang with noisy labor marches — drums, chants, whistles, hand-drawn signs — consisting of doctors in hospital scrubs. It was disturbing to watch. First you thought: Who let all those doctors out of the hospital? Are the patients OK? Then you thought: Wait, why are doctors protesting? Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Europe, Health Care
Member Tags: socialized-medicine, German-healthcare, governement-healthcare
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Posted by: Posted by J Sinclaire - Sep 16, 2009 - 10:41 AM PDT
Reviewed by: J Sinclaire (review), Ashley Zlatopolsky (review)
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Edited by: Glenn LaBauve - Sep 16, 2009 - 1:39 PM PDT
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J Sinclaire
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 by J Sinclaire - Sep. 16, 2009

A good point about unintended consequences of government intervention. It doesn't negate the need for health care reform at all, nor for government regulation. Just points out that we need to think about a few things first, and learn from what other countries are doing.

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Ashley Zlatopolsky
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 by Ashley Zlatopolsky - Oct. 26, 2009

i thought this was a good article and that it was well-written. However, it seemed a little biased to me. The author seems to be very pro-socialized health care, and it's visible in the statement, "Europe, as everyone knows, has just and decent health coverage; America doesn't". I think that next time, he should leave opinions out since this is not an opinionated article.

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