Grifco Inc (GFCI)

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I lived out of the country 19 years and grew up under DOD medical plan and an option for Japanese medical plan. My mother was a Japanese national after a series of a stroke and aneuyrsm she passed away in Japan 15 years ago. She spent her final 6 months in a Japanese hospital. She was under the care of the Japanese medical care despite having the U.S. medical option through my father. The base hospital suggested to my father she would be better off in a Japanese facility. They could have sent her to the stateside for care. There was nothing inefficient or 2nd rate about the care she received or its process. There was no long waiting list nor did my family bare any financial burden for the final cost. It was government run healthcare. In fact, they even delivered a monthly check to cover her incidental household expenses during her illness. I never new any Japanese national complain about healthcare. None! Having grown up there as a military brat I had first hand experience with both systems. People have their story about the "other countries" but this is my first hand story.

Second, healthcare policy is not going to kill innovation. That doesn't even make sense. Healthcare industry needs more efficient ways and better technology & delivery systems. On the countrary overhaul would encourage more innovation. Computer/technology prices went down significantly since 1980s yet the technology is hundreds of times better than what existed back then. Did the competition & price reduction stifle technology???

This is why I get somewhat vocal about this type discussion because of lot of what is said just does not make any sense. It's like listening to the same nonsense spewed by the 3 right wing stooges - Palin, Beck, and Limbaugh. This is the last I'll say anything about it as IHUB isn't a forum for political discussion.