>The situation about Greece is mired with propaganda and media tells us that Greeks just want to lay on beach, never work and retire when they are 50. I've hear

>The situation about Greece is mired with propaganda and media tells us that Greeks just want to lay on beach, never work and retire when they are 50. I've heard so many parrot that because they read it in a magazine and it is not true. Greeks work the most hours in the EU and their retirement age is higher: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/world-affairs/2012/05/expl.. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/world-affairs/2012/05/expl.... This has nothing to do with what the commenter is arguing. What s/he is saying is that Greece was trying to provide top-tier medical advantages while their economy was running down the shitter. I don't really think we need "stats" to back this up. The economy is lackluster right now, how do you provide 'amazing' healthcare when there's no revenue? In 2000 Greece was ranked 14th in overall healthcare systems, above Germany and the United States![1] How do you provide that kind of medical industry without having a decent revenue stream or some way to fund it? Sure their economy might have been growing at that point. But when your economy shrinks and you have less revenue streams your public services need to shrink with it. [1]http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf