On Fri, 24 May 2013, "Pidgorny, Slav (GEUS)" <slav.pidgorny@anz.com> wrote:
I lived with one in Soviet Union and it worked really well - if you don't account for patient experience or outcomes. From early school years I learnt not to care too much about such things as anaesthesia when visiting a dentist. And my grandmother died after botched appendicitis surgery. But hey, no hassle with claims, and everything was free, as in free beer!
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html http://tinyurl.com/psqnn6t The Russian life expectancy is still only 69, so whatever they are doing now it's apparently not working too well. The second URL above has the CIA ranking of countries according to life expectancy. Cuba is #59 and Russia is #152. If the Russian government cared about the welfare of their people then they would look at the examples of Cuba and Germany. However it appears that modern Russia is what the libertarians aspire to, so it seems unlikely that they will improve things. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/