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Re: Katrina - one American's perspective

Posted by Meri-Tuuli on September 13, 2005, at 7:10:01

In reply to Re: Katrina - one American's perspective » Miss Honeychurch, posted by Dinah on September 12, 2005, at 22:34:03

Thanks for your all your posts, very insightful.

I have to agree with Alexandra.

I guess people outside of America are little shocked by the how the system works over there.

When I visited the US, I was vey shocked to see ALOT of people begging in the street - and this was near Harvard, Cambridge MA - a place I thought must be pretty nice. I was most shocked to see people begging for money for operations (and then they would have a messed up eye) - I guess I had taken for granted that I am totally used to having free healthcare for all.

And to be honest, I don't pay much tax. About £100 a month is deducted from my salary.

Considering that this has enabled me to attend an Ivy league university for free, free orthodontic (train tracks) when I was a kid, benefits when I was out of work, great holiday entitlements blah blah. I don't consider it really a large price, do you?

In America, from my understanding, you would have to pay alone £100 upwards for health insurance. Plus things weren't really any cheaper (except for gas/petrol and Gap clothes!!).

To me, I think that society should take care of the sick, elderly, poor, 'disadvantaged' and that there should be a level playing field at birth. I like Alexandra's analogy of being in a race, one with shackles and the other without. I can't comprehend living in a society like America.

Perhaps we should look at it in terms of 'quality of life'.

Have a look at

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1173105

Very interesting.



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