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POPS5 Myths About Our Health-Care System The U.S. is #1 in the amount we spend for health care, but lag far behind Japan, France, Italy, Sweden and Canada. These country's governments pay for the lion's share of health care. We have the best emergency care system in the world. We're doing a better job than most on reducing smoking rates, but our obesity epidemic is out of control, our death rate from prostate cancer is only slightly lower than the United Kingdom's, and in at least one study, American heart attack patients did no better than Swedish patients, even though the Americans got twice as many high-tech treatments. One major part of the problem is that America has the highest level of poverty and income inequality among all rich nations, and poverty affects one's health much more than the limited ministration of a formal health care system. Some very intersting stats about how we compare to other nations can be found at http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-healthcare.htm.
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POPSCountries Meet to Rein in Big Tobacco Some 160 countries are meeting to define the tobacco industry's role in public health. Industry lobbying is considered the primary obstacle to enforcing anti-smoking public health measures worldwide, reports a corporate abuse watchdog group. "Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when it is used entirely as intended," according to the Oxford Medical Companion. It is the greatest preventable cause of death and disease in the world. The main forces driving the global consumption of tobacco are Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco. Each company is known for marketing their products to children and using "their political influence to weaken, delay and defeat tobacco control legislation around the world.,"
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POPSWould you pay higher taxes for Health Care? It seems there is a growing majority that would like to see the current system of Health Care abolished in favor of a Single Payer system run by the federal government. But, there are also many who do not want this to happen, i.e., insurance companies. In 2007 Insurance lobbyists paid $446 million to keep things as they are. Health care is a major money-making scheme for insurance companies and unethical doctors who manipulate the system in their favor. Higher taxes for complete coverage for all or higher insurance premiums for the few who can afford it? Which system do you want?
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