So I have bid my farewell of the EUOT.

[katmai]

Everybody,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4jbmAJ44Po&feature=player_embedded

The more you know.

Stop trying to make us watch your damn YTMND's, dammit!

STOP OPENING WOUNDS.

I thought  that was where this thread had gone!?

[Ed Anger]

Lets see:

I have a huge army of sock accounts
I make YTMNDs
I fuck jailbait


Anything else? Remember, I am one insult away from either writing a huge long ass post at EUOT complaining about this place or stuffing my face with a gallon of ice cream while listening to Hawthorne Heights.

[MadImmortalMan]

I am in favor of Ed's avatar.

[katmai]

I am in favor of Ed's avatar.

it's too small for me to see.

[Iormlund]

Not all moderation is bad at EU. The Spanish fora have been pretty well managed from the very beginning.

[crazy canuck]

On the bright side this thread caused me check back into the Health Care debate in EUOT.  I saw that Vulture "challenged" me to find where he said the US system was only good for the rich - a notion I had disagreed with.   I found the reference and now he is upset that I didnt read all his other posts that show he didnt really mean what he said in the post I had read.

Good times...

[Fate]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

[MadImmortalMan]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

Government bureaucrats.

[DGuller]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

It's pretty good for most people with insurance.  There is no peace of mind with it, because pretty much everyone can fall through the cracks due to an unfortunate set of events, but it's usually good while you have it.  Of course, it's an utterly unsustainable way of things, but nothing is perfect.

[Iormlund]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

Is it actually good for the insurance industry? From what I hear and read I get the impression that most money is lost in admin overheads and stuff like that.

[Fate]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

It's pretty good for most people with insurance.  There is no peace of mind with it, because pretty much everyone can fall through the cracks due to an unfortunate set of events, but it's usually good while you have it.  Of course, it's an utterly unsustainable way of things, but nothing is perfect.

It's good so as long as you never use it. Gotcha.

[Admiral Yi]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

I think US doctors are the highest paid in the world.

[DGuller]

It's good so as long as you never use it. Gotcha.

Where did I say that?

[MadImmortalMan]

Don't you usually get insurance with the hope that you will never use it?




So health insurance is not really insurance per se. It's something else. Like a subscription.

[Iormlund]

Who is the US system good for besides the insurance industry?

I think US doctors are the highest paid in the world.

It is also much easier to become a doctor elsewhere. Back in my day it cost something like € 1000 a year to enroll for example.