ManusJustus on 02 August 2009
Happy Squirrel, you arent thinking about some basic fundamentals of healthcare. First of all, different types of cancers are different from place to place. America's desire to tan may lead to higher rates of cancer in the form of skin cancer, but that is cheap and easy to treat. Perhaps American food has more carcinigens in them, causing more harmful cancers.
Also, private healthcare is a profit driven business, which is why, for instance, America focuses on treating Diabetes with new instruments and medications while Europe and Canada are focused on healing diabetes with new surgeries and research.
You cant make money off of people who heal from a disease, but if they keep that disease you can make a lot of money.
