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[quote=Anonymous]Toilets in the Netherlands also have an inspection shelf, for what that's worth.

I've been hoping that someday the US healthcare "system" (not that we have a system) could resemble Germany's or Australia's. Lots of choice; fewer worries, and doctors earn a decent living and don't seem to personally profit from prescribing certain medications or treatments, unlike here. In Australia, you can use either the government-funded care or private care: I have a friend who gave birth first under private care and then under public care. She said the only difference was that in the private hospital she had a private room.

What I really envy is the free or heavily subsidized childcare in France, Germany--almost all of the Western European countries, plus Israel. We almost had it here, under Richard Nixon, but Patrick Buchanan, his single child-less speech writer, recommended against subsidizing childcare since that might encourage women to work, and he thought it best that women should stay home to care for their children. Obviously, he never met a mother who HAD to work. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/06/23/that-one-time-america-almost-got-universal-child-care/[/quote]

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