theking:
OK.. I hear all this... I've sat down and read some of this stuff with those in the US whose chosen profession is healthcare. I doubt they would agree with you.
This is not about people in these professions.. there are many .. well.. damned excellent people there with firm beliefs in what they are doing.. and they do it well.
The bottom line is... education in the US is.. I dunno if it ever was high (I don't know the history of education in the US) ... but currently it is... well "not too good"! I suspect it was good at some point ... if you look at the numbers of folks who visited the US for further education, this was fairly high. But has kinda plunged in the last few years in preference to education in several other countries. (This ain't connected to 9/11 problems blah)
In healthcare... sorry.. I just can't agree!
The US has one of the worst healthcare systems in the western world. BUT.. again, I know a good few doctors there and it ain't them that are causing the problems.. tis the system.. it sinks to hell and back.
Tis corrupt as hell and tied heavily to politics... but then, ya know all that!
In "my Utopia" I know a couple of US docs... they sure as hell ain't got one ounce of sympathy for the US healthcare system! I had my ears bashed with this long enough with them! These are guys who tried damned hard to treat folks and are just totally pissed off with the system, - so they "escaped" and function well in "Utopia"
