Sweden's "healthcare breadline"

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"The Truth About SwedenCare "

As a Swede currently living in the United States, with actual experience of Swedencare, I must reply to the delusions propagated by Hospitalprofessor Robert H. Frank in his June 15 article in the New York Times, titled “What Sweden Can Teach Us About Obamacare.”

...The reality is that Swedish healthcare is the perfect illustration of the tragedy of central planning. It is expensive and — even worse — it kills innocent people.

Planning always fails. The planners come to realize that the market is superior but they will not back off. Rather they will try to mimic a market, using trendy techniques such as “New Public Management,” voucher systems, or healthcare exchanges...

It seems the Obamacare exchanges are a roaring success...already a failed system?

You will be assigned a general practitioner, probably one you have never met before; likely one who does not speak fluent Swedish; and very likely one who hates his job. If you have a serious condition, you will be started on a path of referrals to experts. This process can take months. Contrary to what professor Frank believes this is not a “feature” of the system, to ensure maximum capacity-utilization. This is an unavoidable characteristic of central planning, analogous to Soviet bread lines, which nobody refers to as a “feature.” ...

Healthcare breadline? 

read more here - http://www.rightsidenews.com/2013071032868/life-and-science/health-and-education/the-truth-about-swedencare.html