Romney would raise eligibility age for Medicare

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102. Their tort systems are pretty much like ours, but people don't use it to sue doctors

At least not very often. Why? Because they have health care as a HUMAN RIGHT! People here sue a lot because of unfavorable outcomes, regardless of whether malpractice was involved or not. People in civilized countries usually don't do that because any further heath care costs due to poor outcomes are not imposed on them, but are theirs as a matter of right. Malpractice premiums average about $100/month in the rest of the developed world. In Japan, that also pays their medical society dues which includes their monthly journal.

Cuts in Medicare just fuck over providers. Real cost controls would control the price of all their inputs as well. My husband got an emergency root canal in the Netherlands in 1996 for 100 guilders, or about $25 American. The dentist seemed to be doing OK, with a nice German car in the building's reserved parking place. But besides setting rates for procedures, the government also holds his cost down by controlling the prices of his inputs. Not to mention paying his educational costs from grade school through dental school--no student debt to pay off.