Comments on: Wizzard of Oz’s Scarecrow Has a Health Care Blog http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=589 Blog Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeremy http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=589&cpage=1#comment-48 Jeremy Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:39:38 +0000 http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=589#comment-48 The ACP blog's rebuttal? Socialized medicine has been a smashing success. Why? Get this... Because the human lifespan has increased by 17 years since Medicare was passed. I would argue that longevity has risen inspite of government-financed health care, certainly not because of it. Medical technology no doubt would have advanced even more rapidly if a true free market had been allowed to operate. The ACP blog’s rebuttal? Socialized medicine has been a smashing success. Why? Get this… Because the human lifespan has increased by 17 years since Medicare was passed.

I would argue that longevity has risen inspite of government-financed health care, certainly not because of it. Medical technology no doubt would have advanced even more rapidly if a true free market had been allowed to operate.

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