[lbo-talk] Irrefutable proof that 'Stuff White People Like' is the dumbest thing ever

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 5 10:25:42 PDT 2008


2000 OECD report says 92.2% of people in Germany have public insurance.

Page 4 of this document:

http://www.pnrec.org/2001papers/DaigneaultLajoie.pdf

France is 99.5%; Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy, Denmark and others are 100%.

In the US, about 1/5 of the population lack any health insurance. Those who do have it often find it's a pretty messed up system, with high copays, high monthly premiums, and then pre-existing conditions disqualify folks for stuff, etc.

-B.

Angelus Novus wrote:

"I have complete understanding for someone from America who would make a personal decision to move to a European country based upon an assessment of their own self-interest, but if North America leftists have to tell Michael Moore type lies about a fictional European paradise as a basis for political agency, then you are all truly fucked."
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