Obama Care - Hillary Care II

[mjs]

"On average, Japanese hospitals deny care to one in six ambulatory call patients, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications."

"In August 2007, a pregnant woman was refused admission by nine hospitals in a rural part of western Japan, even after miscarrying in the ambulance. In October 2008, another woman was denied by eight hospitals; she was eventually admitted, but three days after giving birth and undergoing surgery, she died."

"In the late evening of Jan. 20, an elderly man bicycling in Itami, a town outside Osaka, Japan, collided with a motorcyclist. After receiving first aid from the rescue workers who arrived on the scene, the 69-year-old was refused by 14 hospitals, citing a lack of doctors or resources to handle his case, as he was driven around in an ambulance. Three hours later, after he was finally admitted to one facility, the man died of hemorrhagic shock."

http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...879755,00.html


"Japan's employers should provide mental health services to workers suffering from depression and other illnesses, the government said Friday."

"Health problems were believed to factor in almost 50 percent of the Japan's suicides in 2006. Japan's suicide rate ranks 9th highest in the world . . . while the U.S. ranked 43."

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/1...e-remains-high


And as Hillary's people explain on the State Department's website, even governments realize that unlimited care is impossible.

"While medical care in Japan is good, English-speaking physicians and medical facilities that cater to Americans' expectations are expensive and not widespread. . . Medical caregivers in Japan require payment in full at the time of treatment or concrete proof of ability to pay before treating a foreigner who is not a member of the national health insurance plan.

U.S.-style and standard psychiatric care can be difficult to locate in major urban centers in Japan, and generally is not available outside of Japan's major cities. Extended psychiatric care for foreigners in Japan is difficult to obtain at any price"

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p.../cis_1148.html


Want more examples, use google. How do you propose we get other nation's results without raising taxes to their levels and adapting their expectations of care and pay?

Oladub is right, something has to give. He's also right in that if we get a system like Japan's, we better include a total ban on all related litigation regardless of the egregiousness of the acts. Over here, you deny care and the patient dies, theres hell to pay.