http://citizenreporter.org/2008/11/health-consumers-of-europa/ Under-reported news by a Portuguese-American, activist-journalist based in Amsterdam. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://citizenreporter.org/2008/11/health-consumers-of-europa/comment-page-1/#comment-164428 DRock Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:10:22 +0000 http://citizenreporter.org/?p=1543#comment-164428 Healthcare is one of the things that's difficult to rank, some countries can be great at one aspect and crappy at another. Take the US if you have some super rare disease, live in a big city and have good health care coverage then I personally wouldn't want to be in any other country to receive treatment. But, if you don't have coverage or have crappy coverage and a preexisting condition then you're fucked. Just look at infant mortality rates or obesity rates,the US is at the bottom of the developed world. It's frustration hearing people engage in the this is good/evil small minded arguments when it comes to big things like health care. Or any big public policy discussion actually. It's obvious that a country can be both good and bad at healthcare at the same time. It's good to see you take a investigative approach to this and looking forward to what you uncover. Healthcare is one of the things that’s difficult to rank, some countries can be great at one aspect and crappy at another. Take the US if you have some super rare disease, live in a big city and have good health care coverage then I personally wouldn’t want to be in any other country to receive treatment. But, if you don’t have coverage or have crappy coverage and a preexisting condition then you’re fucked. Just look at infant mortality rates or obesity rates,the US is at the bottom of the developed world. It’s frustration hearing people engage in the this is good/evil small minded arguments when it comes to big things like health care. Or any big public policy discussion actually. It’s obvious that a country can be both good and bad at healthcare at the same time. It’s good to see you take a investigative approach to this and looking forward to what you uncover.

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