The Bald Facts Of The Us Health System

[jake-the-peg]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23444771

Good on him I say - cant see Cameron or Blair doing this!

What I don't understand is why this group of secret service agents is doing this to raise funds for the boy's treatment - Aren't children coverred, wouldn't the secret service proviide healthcare insurance for the famillies of thier agents or would Lukemia be excluded?

[FredPuli43]

We hope it is a gold standard but I don't think anyone thinks it is perfect. I would rate the French system as better overall. Under their system, about 75 per cent of the bill is met by the government and the rest by very cheap, and universal, health insurance (with necessary provision for the poor) . The US has tried to copy the Dutch system of compulsory health insurance, but I doubt very much whether it is anywhere near as cheap for the insured, or as comprehensive, as that.

Interestingly, while private health care and private health insurance is available in the UK, and an employer gets tax relief for the premiums, hardly anyone has it and the percentage having it is in decline