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Whatever the problems with the NHS, they do not compare with those of the US misnamed health care delivery system, which is reckoned by international organizations to be the worst in the so-called developed world. Should you read the content to which these links point, if you are like me, you will be sick. It is truly nauseating. But it is an almost inevitable consequence of a private medical care system. How anyone with half a brain could wish to put in place a system like this, knowing what we now know, is a mystery, at least to me. No doubt those of you more deeply cynical than I could think of one or more reasons. http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/05/elderly-source-profit.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/nyregion/family-fights-health-care-system-for-simple-request-to-die-at-home.html?smid=tw-nytimes By the way, today's Observer has a review of a book written by one of Osborne's fans. The review, by Chris Mullin, is not by one of Osborne's fan club. A fawning biography of one of austerity's greatest fans. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/28/george-osborne-austerity-chancellor-review-janan-ganesh-fawning-biography Speaking of austerity, a poll I took part in, which has a different question now, showed that the average reader of Project Syndicate thought that austerity was bad policy. It is beginning to appear that the general public thinks so, too. larry Dr L Brownstein [Alt-e] [log in to unmask] Review Editor Radical Statistics ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************