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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> They 
tell a  very different story and are jealous of our system.

Drew,  I worked as an independent contractor for a major pharmaceutical 
companty (GlaxoSmithKline) for 13 years.  This company also has a major 
presence in France, also in Germany, England, Ireland, Spain, and Italy.  I 
worked 
with the internationally connected LIMs and so over the years got to know a 
good number of people in those countries, enough to ask some questions on 
the side.

I never ran into one who was jealous of our "health care" system.  Not one 
out of more than 100 whom I informally quizzed over the years.  In fact, 
most of them who were here on a work visa waited until they could schedule a 
vacation back home before having any sort of medical work done.

>If you are diagnosed with breast 
cancer in France you are 5  times more likely to die from it, same for 
Prostate Cancer.

Right.  A very good friend of mine falls into that category.  He was 
diagnosed with prostrate cancer and during the routine examination the doctor 
said 
he had high blood pressure and high cholesterol and subscribed a ghastly 
schedule of drugs to treat those.  The effects of the drugs was horrendous 
and 
a few weeks later he fell over dead of heat failure.  He told me a week 
before that up until being prescribed the drugs he felt fine, but since being 
on them he felt he was going to die.  He did.

So .... he didn't die of prostrate cancer ... because our system of CYA 
over medication that passes for the best "health care" in the world killed 
him 
otherwise.

Look beneath that 'five times more likely' to die from prostrate cancer 
statistic and you will find that over-medicated Americans who are 
pathologically badly nourished, out of shape, and obese die of other things 
before the 
rather slow progressing prostrate cancer can get them.

The breast cancer statistic is false too.  In this country every time an 
unnecessary lumpecotmy or masectomy is performed, it is counted as being a 
breast cancer cure although there is no evidence that the woman would have 
actually had breast cancer otherwise.

The droves of Canadians coming here for treatment is a often quoted truism, 
but where is the evidence backing that up?  The only actual stats I ever 
saw reported were from hostpitals and clinics very near the Canadian border 
who reported that Canadian patients were all but non-existent.

I think your French family's jealousy might well be explained by the fact 
there's a doctor in the family.  In other countries being a physician means 
you are well paid in a respected profession, but it is not a ticket to the 
wealth you can turn it into in our system.


James