Once again the GOP is telling Americans the Big Lie. This "Big Lie" is that we have the best health care system in the world.
Not only is it a lie, but it's just about 180 degrees from the truth. We have one of the most inefficient and poor health care systems of any industrialized country. In a recent study of 6 large democracies, US, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, we came in dead last for efficiency, safety, access and equity of service.
To hear the GOP talk, as they are today in their attack on President Obama's health care speech to the AMA, you'd think we were number 1.
Even if you have lots of money you'd get a better return on your cash in any of the other countries and if you are broke, well we all know how that works here. No money...no health care. You end up using county emergency rooms as your physician and only then when you have no other choice.
Still the Republicans rail against the threat of "socialized medicine". The problem is for many Americans, that would be more medicine than they get now. The "for profit" model is broken and needs fixing.
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