America has a socialized health care system. They are called the VA (Veterans Affairs) hospitals. I'm a Veteran and you wouldn't get me to go into one of those places. Before I will listen to any suggestion of National Health Care I want to see the US fix the system it already has. The Canadians and British seem to care enough about their social contract that they can muster enough resources to make their national health care systems work. America has a different social contract and frankly we will not comitt the resources to make such a system work. France I observe through the eyes and words of DF and it would seem that the social contract in France shares this particular weakness. However all of this misses the point. In the Chicago heat wave older floks died because their social network had failed. No one came by to see how "Old Mr. Jenkins" was doing and so no one knew that his fan broke or that his AC unit had not worked for years. The heat was the proximate cause of death. Neglect was the root cause.
I hope that the French can get past the finger pointing stage and start planning for next summer.
The Canadians and British seem to care enough about their social contract that they can muster enough resources to make their national health care systems work. America has a different social contract and frankly we will not comitt the resources to make such a system work. France I observe through the eyes and words of DF and it would seem that the social contract in France shares this particular weakness.
However all of this misses the point. In the Chicago heat wave older floks died because their social network had failed. No one came by to see how "Old Mr. Jenkins" was doing and so no one knew that his fan broke or that his AC unit had not worked for years. The heat was the proximate cause of death. Neglect was the root cause.
I hope that the French can get past the finger pointing stage and start planning for next summer.