Re: Global Warming - a Liberal Scam?, (was Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
   [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brent P) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lloyd Parker wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>    [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brent P) wrote:
>>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lloyd Parker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, it'd be terrible if everybody were covered and we spent less on 
>> health 
>>>> care, as Europe, Canada, and Japan do, wouldn't it?  Terrible for 
insurance 
>>>> companies, drug companies, HMOs, etc, that is.
>>>
>>>How would we spend "less on health care" ? Instead of paying for health 
>>>insurance we would pay *AT LEAST* that much in additional taxes. 
>>>
>>>
>> Why is it, then, that every western European nation, plus Canada and Japan, 
>> spend less per capita on health care than the US yet still cover everybody?
>
>Answer a question with a question. How does your state run health care
>system cost less than the current private one? 
>
>
Because all the examples we have of state-run health care say it would.  
Economy of scale, negotiation for lower prices, preventative care instead of 
waiting until the person becomes sick -- all these and other factors.