Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
"A society that leans more towards more free markets will always be more productive than their left leaning counterparts."

- then why doesn't the free market approach work with US health care? despite paying twice as much per capita for health care compared to canada, americans see their doctors less often, and spend less time in hospital than canadians, and experience a 2.5 year shorter lifespan, along with higher infant mortality...that's not very productive
There are plenty of factors that lead to high life expectency, of which are far more heavily weighted than "health systems" to reflect total life expectancy. One of which is lifestyle, another is stress; this truly says something that goes along with part of the OP's premise.

Secondly, there is not a free market in regards to healthcare... It's heavy regulations here in the US lead to an oligopoly of firms. State regulatins alone in regards to insurance completely distorts the market.
GoldenBoy812 Reviewed by GoldenBoy812 on . Why is socialism so bad? Hello Everyone! I have been following the presidential race and the arguments in these forums for the past few weeks. One of the new issues is SOCIALISM. I lived in the United States for 17 years, but moved back to my home country of Finland a couple years ago. Finland is a Socialist Democracy. We have free health care, free education through your bachelor's degree (when you turn 18, the gov. also pays for 80% of your rent and grocery money(240â?¬/month), and allows you to take out Rating: 5