>You can twist and turn the issue as much as you want but this would never ave happened to Victor in Belgium. For starters it is next to impossible not to have health insurance in Belgium and there's a fund to help hit and run victims.
>In short the USA isn't a caring society.
Somehow, my brother and I, our many relatives (the Irish had big families then) and millions of other people survived the great depression without any health insurance.
For our health care, we went to free clinics supported by churches (people went to church in those days) and local government agencies.
I had my tonsils removed in a catholic hospital supported by the same poor people who were using it.
My parents were lucky to get a meal on the table. Paying for health care was out of the question.
Guess what, though - those sickly people in the horrible, un-caring society liberated Europe and defeated Japan (they must have been on crutches without health insurance - but they did it).
Insurance != health care.
Anyone who does not go overboard- deserves to.
Malcolm Forbes, Sr.