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Back around 2006-8 there was much made of the taraimawashi problem. In each article, the reason given for patients being turned away was the lack of beds for that type of patient. At the time, Japan with roughly half the population of the US had double the number of hospital beds of the US. At that time, despite popular misconceptions, it was illegal for hospitals in the US to refuse emergency patients. The problem has never been the number of beds. It has always been a system that creates inefficient use of the insufficient resources it spends too much on.

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Dec 6, 2022Liked by Guy Gin

These reports are absolutely priceless, ty.

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Dec 6, 2022·edited Dec 6, 2022Liked by Guy Gin

Personally, I would like to thank the Upper House for passing such revisions. I believe you are testing me. You want me to take this anger, fire, motivation and use it to rise above these low standards. You have challenged me to hold myself to higher standards. Your challenge is accepted.

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Very frightening and all illegal as not a shred of evidence anywhere https://georgiedonny.substack.com/p/seeing-is-believing

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That's awful. Are you staying in Japan? Or are you making plans to leave? (Right now I have the option of moving to another province in Canada where things are more relaxed, but I am prepared to leave the country if that changes.)

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