London Conventions
Kapow: May 19 & 20, MCM Expo: May 25, 26 & 27
Kapow: May 19 & 20, MCM Expo: May 25, 26 & 27
Sister Sweden and Finland
Scandinavian Poster
A large poster, showing the Scandinavian boys, on thick Gloss Art 170gsm paper.
Healthcare
How most Scandinavians feel about the American healthcare system.
In Scandinavia we pay for healthcare though our taxes, which means we all pay for each other, and nobody thinks twice about going to the doctor because we’ve already paid for it. We also have private care for those rich people who don't want to wait in line.
But before you declare the American system “OMG!!! EVUL!!!”, remember that we Scandinavians also pay the highest taxes in the world.
We up her like it the way it is, but you Americans will have to decide for yourself.
26th August 2009
9:46pm Sat 12th May #8334067
I have a few comments/questions, if someone can help me to understand?
I've *heard* (source questionable) that moving to a socialized healthcare system in the US would pay doctors less, which means less people would be willing to become doctors (people can be selfish, and also because being a doctor is a lot of hard school and work!). Any truth in this?
I'm in favor of a more socialized healthcare system, especially if taxes are fair for it. I even plan on moving to the EU once I get my degree. However, I've been to private practices in Germany and Malta, and a hospital in Spain, and the lines were just so long! Is it always like that?? (luckily, I fainted in Spain, so they took me right away ^.
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Final comment/question: Hypothetically, there are 2 men who need a new heart. One will die in a week if he doesn't get a new heart. One will die in 6 months. The man who has 6 months to live arrives to a doctor a week before the man with only a week to live. There is one heart available. Who gets it?
Basis for question: I've heard people say socialized serves on a first-come, first-serve basis. I don't believe they would be so strict, but I just want to ask, to clarify my murky understanding!
Please and thanks! ^.^
I have a few comments/questions, if someone can help me to understand?
I've *heard* (source questionable) that moving to a socialized healthcare system in the US would pay doctors less, which means less people would be willing to become doctors (people can be selfish, and also because being a doctor is a lot of hard school and work!). Any truth in this?
I'm in favor of a more socialized healthcare system, especially if taxes are fair for it. I even plan on moving to the EU once I get my degree. However, I've been to private practices in Germany and Malta, and a hospital in Spain, and the lines were just so long! Is it always like that?? (luckily, I fainted in Spain, so they took me right away ^.
. Final comment/question: Hypothetically, there are 2 men who need a new heart. One will die in a week if he doesn't get a new heart. One will die in 6 months. The man who has 6 months to live arrives to a doctor a week before the man with only a week to live. There is one heart available. Who gets it?
Basis for question: I've heard people say socialized serves on a first-come, first-serve basis. I don't believe they would be so strict, but I just want to ask, to clarify my murky understanding!
Please and thanks! ^.^
7:40am Thu 10th May #8330833
Hahaha... I wish we would just adopt a more universal healthcare system already.
Hahaha... I wish we would just adopt a more universal healthcare system already.
7:52am Mon 7th May #8326924
@alienbitch
but isn´t it a `borglig regering´ now?
Go Miljöpartiet(environment party)!
@alienbitch
but isn´t it a `borglig regering´ now?
Go Miljöpartiet(environment party)!
1:44am Sat 5th May #8323700
There are more communists in Sweden than in Russia....
:/ Sucks to be a swede.
There are more communists in Sweden than in Russia....
:/ Sucks to be a swede.
5:09pm Fri 4th May #8323387
It's times like this (And many other times indeed) that i'm glad i'm not a US citizen.
It's times like this (And many other times indeed) that i'm glad i'm not a US citizen.
9:59pm Thu 3rd May #8322228
I'd take high taxes if it got us healthcare and education for all.
I'd take high taxes if it got us healthcare and education for all.
1:58pm Thu 3rd May #8321627
I hate the US healthcare system, but the socialized medicine is bankrupting the Europeans D: And it has major flaws too.
I hate the US healthcare system, but the socialized medicine is bankrupting the Europeans D: And it has major flaws too.
10:05am Thu 3rd May #8321291
Canada's health care system is like a toque, it keeps everyone who uses it warm and snugly.
Canada's health care system is like a toque, it keeps everyone who uses it warm and snugly.
10:09pm Tue 1st May #8319398
We feel the same in the UK about the US healthcare system. We have a healthcare system very similar to Scanda.
We feel the same in the UK about the US healthcare system. We have a healthcare system very similar to Scanda.
8:48pm Tue 1st May #8319349
I wish our country (US) would get it together and see that your system is way better than the crap we have now! It's the people who can afford the $400 a month premium and $200 a month prescriptions that whine that it's going to be a horrible change. I'd love to be able to go to the doctor or use my prescriptions the way I'm supposed to. Instead, I have to be damn near dead to either go to the doc, or use my prescription because I know it's going to cost a fortune! Maybe I'll just move to a country smart enough to have this system!
I wish our country (US) would get it together and see that your system is way better than the crap we have now! It's the people who can afford the $400 a month premium and $200 a month prescriptions that whine that it's going to be a horrible change. I'd love to be able to go to the doctor or use my prescriptions the way I'm supposed to. Instead, I have to be damn near dead to either go to the doc, or use my prescription because I know it's going to cost a fortune! Maybe I'll just move to a country smart enough to have this system!
1:49pm Sun 29th Apr #8315617
do we pay the highest taxes in the world? (i don´t pay taxes)
do we pay the highest taxes in the world? (i don´t pay taxes)
12:54pm Sun 29th Apr #8315498
americans can take care of themselves, so they don't need a universal healthcare.
americans can take care of themselves, so they don't need a universal healthcare.
8:49pm Sat 28th Apr #8314378
While I appreciate your attitude toward other people and their systems(the one expressed in your explanation, not the one in the comic), I actually wish our healthcare was more like yours. It's bullshit the way it is now.
While I appreciate your attitude toward other people and their systems(the one expressed in your explanation, not the one in the comic), I actually wish our healthcare was more like yours. It's bullshit the way it is now.
2:00am Fri 27th Apr #8311331
Americans make fun of us cuz we pay so high taxes. We make fun of them because we have WAY better living conditions and very few poor people. Everyone go to the doctor, to the hospital, to kindergarden, school and everything else for "free"
Americans make fun of us cuz we pay so high taxes. We make fun of them because we have WAY better living conditions and very few poor people. Everyone go to the doctor, to the hospital, to kindergarden, school and everything else for "free"
12:12pm Tue 24th Apr #8307898
Er, for clarification... I live in the US but am from England, hence the flag.
Er, for clarification... I live in the US but am from England, hence the flag.
12:11pm Tue 24th Apr #8307895
@Swartzeagle83: Um, I think you'll find that the problem in America is that poor people are utterly shafted by the system, and have no way to 'pay their way' at all, because they're entirely reliant upon the failure of the private sector. Hence the need for welfare programs. If the private sector worked just fine, then they wouldn't need it, would they?
The fact we don't have universal healthcare is a national shame for us.
@Swartzeagle83: Um, I think you'll find that the problem in America is that poor people are utterly shafted by the system, and have no way to 'pay their way' at all, because they're entirely reliant upon the failure of the private sector. Hence the need for welfare programs. If the private sector worked just fine, then they wouldn't need it, would they?
The fact we don't have universal healthcare is a national shame for us.
1:09am Mon 23rd Apr #8305772
America's health care system really IS bad. I haven't been to the doctor's since...I dunno when, but it was before I was ten, because my family can't afford it, and we already have to pay for my dad's pills. I couldn't even get checked out after I threw up and could hardly move, or even stay awake. (It scared me pretty bad)
America's health care system really IS bad. I haven't been to the doctor's since...I dunno when, but it was before I was ten, because my family can't afford it, and we already have to pay for my dad's pills. I couldn't even get checked out after I threw up and could hardly move, or even stay awake. (It scared me pretty bad)
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@Kena: I have no idea about how things would actually turn out in your scenarios, I'm not that much of an economics geek.. I guess whether doctors would be paid less or not depends on how the health care fees would be..
And I do think that the one who needs the heart more urgently would get it, even if he came in later. But that's just a guess.
I live in Germany and I don't think queues are that long over here.. But I heard they are in other countries. Luckily I never had to find out..
Now I have a question for you: 2 people, only 1 heart, and the one who needs it more can't afford health care - what would happen in the U.S.?