RobDownSouth
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Socialized medicine has failed in every nation that has ever tried it.
This is simply not true.
Cuba instituted socialized medicine in the 1960s, and the life expectancy in that backwards shithole of a country now exceeds that of America.
Some "failure"!
Canada enrolled all Native tribes in their socialized medicine plan in 1984, the infant mortality rate plummeted from 27.6 to 8.0 per 100,000.
Some "failure"!
Countries with socialized medicine have an infant mortality rate far less than that of the United States.
Some "failure"!
Elective surgery wait times in the Netherlands socialized medicine system is 15% less than in the United States.
Some "failure"!
The problem, as I see it, is that socialized medicine whiners such as yourself hear "socialized medicine" and immediately think of Britain's much maligned NHS. Newsflash: it's only one system, and there are many more socialized medicine systems out there, most of them very well run.
I hope this lessens your ignorance somewhat....but I doubt it, given your long history of sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting "la la la...I can't hear you!" when presented with inconvenient facts that run contrary to your personal narrative.
I suspect you will ignore this post for that reason, owing to your innate cowardice.