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Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by dagw on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:07PM (#14301177)
Not at all (well obviously it would be nice, but highly unrealistic). I'm just saying that claiming the the 'European' systems are so great that they don't have waiting lists or rationing is asinine.

And while I guess knee surgery is technically 'elective' as in I could elect to not be able to carry heavy things and have trouble getting up stairs, I'm not quite sure I'd use that term.

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Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by ceejayoz on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:07PM (#14301824)
Claiming there's no waiting in Europe is idiotic. Claiming Europe is bad because there's waiting is similarly idiotic, given the fact that US has significant wait times for procedures and specialists as well.

As for using the term "elective", I would use that term, given it has a specific definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_surgery

> Elective surgery or elective procedure (from the Latin eligere, meaning to choose) is surgery that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency. Semi-elective surgery is a surgery that must be done to preserve the patient's life, but does not need to be performed immediately.

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