>>>>Do you know that Europeans spend less of their income to health care than Americans?!
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>>>I know. Every service is more expensive here, and health even more than the rest. I don't know how they manage to do that. Or... I think I know, but then a few would ask me to quote sources, question their credibility etc etc. Don't need to get into that on a nice weekend.
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>>Here's the link to one such source:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17726>>
>>And here's the quote (from that source) you asked for:
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A privileged minority has access to the best medical treatment in the world. But 45 million Americans have no health insurance at all...[snip]...>>
>>Have a nice weekend. :)
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>I'm fighting this lack of system by staying healthy. And, BTW, we calculated a bit. This summer we visited our home city, and spent about 20 hours at dentist's, in 4-5 visits. The air fare (in the middle of the season, at that) and dentist's bill are still less than what we'd pay the same dental work here.
Is 'here' New York? As I understood it, you got a job there this year. But your reference above is (still) Virginia.
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