The scaremongering about the relatively low UK breat cancer survival rates in the health reform debate is irresponsible and dishonest cherry picking. Worse, the false impressions created thereby may lead the US to adopt unwise policies. The UK’s relatively low breast cancer survival rates are probably due to its late adoption of widespread, aggressive and early screening. But many of the conservatives’ market driven proposals may lead to a drop in screening rates and early detection in the US. Leading us to…. relatively low UK survival rates.
Those low UK breast cancer survival rates: Will conservative proposals for reform lead the US to the UK’s problems? |
| By: wesgpc Sunday August 16, 2009 10:17 pm |
2 Comments
Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England |
| By: Friday August 14, 2009 3:27 pm |
That’s the title of a study published by The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study attempted to determine whether the “considerably greater” US health expenditure of US$5274 per capita vs the UK percapita expenditure of US$ 2164 resulted in a better health outcome for Americans.
Not even slightly surprisingly it doesn’t. It’s bad, shockingly bad. How Bad? This bad:
The top of your American society is as unhealthy as the bottom of their British one.
Brits Are Fed Up with GOP Lies On NHS |
| By: sTiVo Thursday August 13, 2009 1:16 pm |
(Promoted by lancesteagall - Give the microphone to those who know.)
More than a million Britons have now joined the Twitter pro-NHS campaign, including many whose lives have been helped by the service.
Support this site!
Subscribe to the newsletter
Advertise on Firedoglake
Send
us your tips
Make us your homepage
About The Seminal