On Aug 28, 4:24*pm, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:28:37 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:





Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

In the United States, we don't want to die early from heart failure
or cancer

Really? Then why do we live on McDonalds and Cheetohs? A woman I know,
lifelong smoker, got lung cancer three years ago. Vowed to fight it
and win. Did the whole chemo thing, and was in remission for 16
months. Now it's back.

Through the whole thing, she never stopped smoking. Americans want to
die early, that's for damn sure.

Well, not wanting to die doesn't preclude wanting other things...

Fact is, once cancer or heart disease IS diagnosed, Americans live longer
than Canadians.

That is a *disputed* fact, and way to general to be of any use in
comparing the overall desirability of one system over the other.

for lack of time or desire to find my own source- here's a Wikipedia
article to get the ball rolling-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Canadian_and_American_heal...



As an aside, we're living longer and we're getting fatter. I wonder if
there's a connection...

I doubt it-- but I see a connection between living longer through
better medicine and higher costs for consumers. *It ain't cheap to
keep fixing clunkers, whether they be human or automobile.

Jim
[will there be a 'cash for grandma' program in our futures?]- Hide quoted text -

There would have been a time not too many years back when I would have
said "No way in hell!" but not any more.