It's a pity Obama didn't lay out the plan for European-style socialized medicine when he was doing healthcare reform.
"How would you like to pay HALF as much as you do now for healthcare? Or get half the money your employer has been paying for it in YOUR paycheck?"
"How would you like to receive BETTER care?"
"How would you like to be assured in the knowledge you won't lose your home if you get sick?"
Now THAT would have made the CONZ fill their diapers.
This "Obama is a despot" stuff just doesn't fly anymore. He hasn't taken anyone's guns or forced us to all worship Allah.
What we have here is a severe case of butthurt sore losers.
Lying to make a point. Well im impressed.
U.S.
Percentage of GDP spent on health care: 16%
Per-capita spending on health care: $7,290
Public expenditure as a percentage of total health spending: 45.4%
Practicing physicians per 1,000 people: 2.4
France
Percentage of GDP spent on health care: 11%
Per-capita spending on health care: $3,601
Public expenditure as a percentage of total health spending: 79%
Practicing physicians per 1,000 people: 3.4
Switzerland
Percentage of GDP spent on health care 10.8%*
Percentage of GDP spent on health care: $4,417
Public expenditure as a percentage of total health spending: 59.3%*
Practicing physicians per 1,000 people: 3.9
Germany
Percentage of GDP spent on health care: 10.4%
Per-capita spending on health care: $3,588
Public expenditure as a percentage of total health spending: 76.9%
Practicing physicians per 1,000 people: 3.5
Belgium
Percentage of GDP spent on health care: 10.2%*
Per-capita spending on health care: $3,595*
Public expenditure as a percentage of total health spending: not available
Practicing physicians per 1,000 people: 4
Is FORBES magazine a good enough source?
A Health Care Journey Around Europe - Forbes.com
Now, lets look who gets better care, shall we?
Oh looky, we're 37th...
World Health Organization ranking of healthcare systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Now, that I've PROVED not only that I wasn't LYING, but I have ACTUAL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE to BACK up my contentions, what have you to say NOW, Mr. Smarty Pants?
Golly, what do you call it when someone says something and they don't know if it's true or not?
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.
Abraham Lincoln.
--August 11, 1846
Honest Abe thinks you're a filthy liar.
What do you think about THAT?