• Hospital Infections Kill 48,000, Cost Billions
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[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;20410341]That's like saying North Korea has the best helicopters. That's all fine and dandy but no one in the country can afford it.[/QUOTE] Was this directed at me?
[QUOTE=Trotsky;20410362]Was this directed at me?[/QUOTE] No good sir.
That sucks. Luckily, I rarely go to the hospital anyway.
[QUOTE=kidwithsword;20410508]That sucks. Luckily, I rarely go to the hospital anyway.[/QUOTE] Psh, you're missing out! I go there all the time. I go there for vacation mostly. What a pleasant place.
[QUOTE=radioactive;20400410]Now, if America took a minor tax from people to pay for a Nationalised Health Care service, this wouldn't happen and more people would be alive.[/QUOTE] It would happen, but far less because the hospitals would be accountable to the public instead of to nobody.
[QUOTE=Trotsky;20410305]Even though the US is #47 in quality? [/QUOTE] I had a whole response typed up but firefox crashed so I'll just say this: You're wrong you're wrong you're wrong, don't type out your ass
[QUOTE=fskman;20408261]Nonsense. If I die from malpractice, I want the settlement money buried with me. :colbert:[/QUOTE] No no, you have them buy that car in your avatar to be your coffin.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;20402741]Sorry, I was defending myself, maybe I should've just not done that and gotten beaten with a tire iron because my injuries would be less severe :downs:[/QUOTE] Reminds me of that news story where woman gets lashed for getting pregnant from a rape.
Title made this sound like some kind of epidemic. But I guess that's how you sell newspapers.
[QUOTE=Kybalt;20402103]That statement doesn't mean shit if said healthcare isn't available to everyone.[/QUOTE] HURRR DURR BRING BACL cOMUNNISM :downs:
[QUOTE=Vinze;20412853]Title made this sound like some kind of epidemic. But I guess that's how you sell newspapers.[/QUOTE] God, you're a dick. And it didn't, even.
Hospitals have sick people therefore hospitals are breeding places for sickness. Isn't this obvious even for idiots?
[QUOTE=KestasLT;20412892]HURRR DURR BRING BACL cOMUNNISM :downs:[/QUOTE] what are you implying that national health care makes you a communist? if so you're an idiot
[QUOTE=choco cookie;20413122]Hospitals have sick people therefore hospitals are breeding places for sickness. Isn't this obvious even for idiots?[/QUOTE] This, even with the most advanced antibiotics, cleaning devices and w/e it's still hard to make [i]everything[/i] in a hospital sanitary.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;20400202]This too, I have to deal with no treatment for a broken bone in my hand because my family is dealing with expensive ass previous medical bills and can't afford another one.[/QUOTE] That's awesome how your country takes care of its people.
[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;20411448]I had a whole response typed up but firefox crashed so I'll just say this: You're wrong you're wrong you're wrong, don't type out your ass[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf[/url] [url]http://www.orthocuban.com/2009/08/healthcare-and-the-cia-world-factbook/[/url] unless the CIA and UN are wrong, wrong, wrong and type out of their asses.
I don't know where we get the money to pay for this.
[QUOTE=radioactive;20400410]Now, if America took a minor tax from people to pay for a Nationalised Health Care service, this wouldn't happen and more people would be alive.[/QUOTE] Bull shit
[QUOTE=Luxo;20414110]Bull shit[/QUOTE] Wait, so the same amount of people would die if the 18% of Americans without coverage get it?
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