From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-27 05:00:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Software Economics was RE: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? References: <3D666253.5060408@cogeco.ca> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.2 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:00:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.42.132 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1030449618 144.132.42.132 (Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:00:18 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 22:00:18 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28442 Date: 2002-08-27T12:00:18+00:00 List-Id: Marin D. Condic wrote: > When a government provides health care - choices go out the window. Quality > goes down. Costs go up. Rationing takes place. etc. Australia has a principally government funded (with 10-20%? direct taxpayer contribution) which is regarded as one of the most efficient, effective systems in the world. I have had very good experiences with it. It's not perfect, but it's much -much- better than anything in the US. > And it is a fundamental law of economics that health care is *never* going > to reach 100% of the population so arguing it needs to come from government > or some people will be left out will violate the laws of supply and demand. I'm not sure what % of the population is reached by the Aus. system, but it's my guess that most anyone who wants it can get it. Currently there are problems with the lack of doctors in rural areas. I'm not quite sure what you are sayig in your last sentence. Dale