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and there was a doctor that lived in one of these .
The one guy was a doctor
and one was a taxi driver ,
and so their , their incomes were about the same .
Huh .
Whereas here , there is a great incentive to be a doctor because there 's a great financial reward .
Right .
And that , that did n't exist in Sweden .
Right .
And , uh , overall I their , their health care suffered fair amount from just the fact that the doctor salaries were lower
and it was , it was less professional
and it was treated more , like a , like a taxi driver type job , then a , then a doctor type job .
Yeah .
that is , uh , that is something I 've heard .
Uh , I had a friend , uh , that I worked with that was from Sweden
and that was , uh ,
probably the , the major concern I have is that , you know , we are leading in the technology realm of , of medicine just because it is such a great incentive to , to get into , uh , the medical field ,
but at the same time it 's real hard .
I mean my husband works for a company that provides insurance
and so , you know , I 'm real , you know ,
it 's like well , you know , you know ,
there 's got to be better ways , you know , to do some things
but , you know , I hate to , uh ,
the , the competition , in a lot of ways is , is wonderful just because you can choose your doctor
and , and , uh , they have to compete to be , to be good and to be knowledgeable .
But at the same time , there 's a , you know , they 're regulating themselves
and , and the hospitals are charging just enormous amounts for products that they do n't have to pay very much for .
My , I have a brother who 's a vet
and for something that he can get , you know , wholesale
and I 'm sure they can get a lot cheaper because they , they , hospitals buy in such a bulk rate , um
Right .
you know , they could charge you 20 dollars for a 1.50 item
and that 's ridiculous .
And I do n't think that is , that is , uh , abnormal in any means to be doing things like that .
And ,
You do n't think it 's abnormal ?
I do n't think it 's abnormal for hospitals to be doing that at all
Oh , I see .
You 're not saying it 's right ,
you 're just saying it 's common .
yeah .
And so it 's , I think , to me I think , uh , something that 's going to help our medical , uh , arena is for , um ,
and I do n't know how to , I do n't know how to do this
but I think people are too lawsuit happy .
And I mean things will happen
and , and you 've got to , uh , keep up
or you 've got to realize that , you know , it is just men or women that are , that are making , um , decisions
and they will make mistakes
and you know , if people , you know ,
there are some people that I 'm sure make mistakes because they just do n't keep on top of it ,
but there are other things that just happen that you ca n't , you know , you ca n't say , you know , well , if you had just done this , you know , things would have done differently ,
and , um , I do n't know .
I , I think the fact that malpractice has gone up I think has raised our prices just dramatically .
Um , in the , in the last number of years
Yes .
and I think that 's something that if , if they could work on the cause of that and ,
it 's , uh ,
I 'll start off here .
Uh , I do n't know .
I get , probably , most of my information either from the newspaper or from C N N.
Uh , I like C N N because it , uh , you know , repeats it ,
well HEADLINE NEWS repeats every half hour
but it makes it really convenient cause I keep a rather hectic schedule
Right ,
yeah .
and , uh ,
but the newspaper provides a little bit of depth that you ca n't really get from ,
Yeah .
I , I think I 'd agree .
A , a similar method of getting the news with me too .
It 's , uh , uh , C N N has been a welcome addition to the T V scene here in the , last , uh , number of years .
Uh , prior to cable , you know , you did n't get much news off of normal , uh , television broadcasts .
Right .
Uh , just usually pretty local in , in nature
and , and I like , uh , C N N because you get some world , world events too uh , which is not too common on , on the other format , newspapers , and so forth .
Uh - huh .
Right .
Yeah .
I know , the ,
my only major objection is that , uh , I do n't think American media spends enough , uh , attention on , on our closest neighbors like Mexico and Canada .
Uh ,
That , that 's true , you know .
You hardly ever see , uh , headline articles about the , uh , either the economics or , or other news events going on in either of those countries .
Uh - huh .
Yeah .
Uh , whereas if you pick up a , a European paper , you know , uh , it , all the surrounding countries , Soviet Union , and everything has , uh , major news , uh , articles in them .
Right .
Yeah .
I mean , you know , Canada has gone through a lot of problems now with , with Quebec and , and everything
and , uh , it 's amazing that ,
you know , I , I listen to D C area and the WASHINGTON POST , you know ,
I mean the most they 'll give it is the back of the A section .
Yeah .
Uh , you know .
I 'm , I 'm currently living in Dallas
and it , it wo n't even give it the back section < laughter > .
You just , never see , you just never see anything about it ,
uh , which is a shame because you go to other countries , uh ,
and , and they carry quite a bit about the U S on the other hand .
And if you go up to , uh , Canada , those people are usually pretty , uh , familiar with the politics going on and and the news U S