For those that like numbers:
I know these statistics are going to be hard to beat Michael Moore's "superior healthcare in Cuba" but a recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%
Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
U.S. 93%
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%
Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18
Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health":
U.S. 12%
England 2%
Canada 6%
(If these are the highest percentages against the U.S., imagine who's lower including EU Socialists, Russia, and China, all favored by Obama.)
AND NOW FOR THE LAST STATISTIC:
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE INSURANCE?
U.S. NO
England YES
Canada YES
And guess where Michael Moore, and the 99%ers, who just idolize the "Island Paradise," will go when they get ill? Even Hugo Chavez, no relation I think, had to go to Cuba for superior, and free, health care since his own doctors might have accidentally given him a lobotomy or a sex change. (But if I was related to Hugo, I'd be a Ten, hell make it a Hundred, Star General in charge of greeting Hollywood Revolutionaires and other American Hugo/Fidel wannabes at the airport. After touring our great cities, they'll surely give up 99% of their wealth and move here. Okay, okay, I'd confiscate their wealth! Viva Uncle Hugo!)
Didn't OBAMACARE just put the CATHOLIC CRUCIFIX in a Jar of Urine? The reading of the Bishop's letter slamming of Obamacare, and therefore OBAMA, in our church this past Sunday was a first and many of my old friends, WHO WERE BORN DEMOCRATS, woke up to the reality of OBAMA! (Oh how I wanted to stand up and say more but my mother would have pinched me from her grave.)
Why does Obamacare, and many of his other policies, sound more like the old Soviet Union and the persecution of religion?