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Caya, I know you and I love and appreciate our health systems and I would have a hard time finding fault with the French system which even though the English (big feud centuries old between the 2 countries!) think it's going bankrupt, it wouldn't go bankrupt, it may change slightly but the French are hypocondriacs!
in the US, I agress health care people should be involved in the solution but they should definitely look at Canada and France. Malpractice insurance is too high and the paperwork is insane and fewer talented american students are becoming doctors. The industry that has to be "attacked" is the healthcare insurance industry. California stated that to be an insureer there, the insurance companies had to cover certain preventive screenings: mammos, pap smear, psa, etc. well the insurance companies threatened to leave California and California said fine, we'll set up our own insurance system (they did it for fire insurance) well the insurance companies caved in and are still in California unfortunately. Too bad California, a leader in many forward thinking practices (such as car emissions), didn't do it. that might have proved to america that "universal" health isn't the scary thing they think it is. What's scary to me are the HMOs - I was in one and frankly they should have seen my cancer 2 years earlier. Luckily I changed to a PPO (limited doctor choice) system that immediately found the cancer.
Let's face it, the Clinton's blew the opportunity. So america pull up those boot straps and look out for yourselves! you're right the politicians aren't brave enough or smart enough to solve it.
oh for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
stay well, it's the only solution!
sarah
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