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Originally posted by Duzey
I've said this a hundred times and I'll say it again. There is no way the US can get healthcare costs under control without some kind of tort reform and from what I understand, that's not going to happen.
Originally posted by Chovy
Canadian healthcare is ALOT better than American healthcare.
So I don't know if your being anti Canadian or not.
The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country's health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.
Originally posted by jibeho
Yes, the Canadians are now toying with the notion of adding a private insurance option to bolster up their limping NHS. Shhhh.... Don't tell Obama or the mainstream media.
Should it really be a surprise to anyone. The day our US govt can a run a program efficiently and for the betterment of society is the day hell will truly freeze over.
The word is out and Obama is backpedaling to keep pace with the Canadians.
Originally posted by WhatTheory
Originally posted by Chovy
Canadian healthcare is ALOT better than American healthcare.
Sorry, but I just had to laugh at that absurdity.
So I don't know if your being anti Canadian or not.
Did you even read the OP. Apparently NOT!
So I guess you are saying that a Canadian is being anti-canadian?
The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country's health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
You aren't reading the piece it came from. And background tells you that the outgoing prez likes privatising health care. That is not systemic.
And if our healthcare is so bad
how come you guys are falling over each other to slag it. The fact that it works is an ideological threat to the Right.
Originally posted by WhatTheory
how come you guys are falling over each other to slag it. The fact that it works is an ideological threat to the Right.
Huh? Sensitive much?
Nobody is falling over anybody. Sorry if the truth hurts but reality is reality. Your own Canadian just said so in the OP.
Your system is not a threat to anything. It might work for you and you might really believe it works but in reality, it is a very broken system.
Originally posted by jdub297
Originally posted by ZombieOctopus
This person is in the extreme minority.
The Canadian Medical Association is by no means an "extreme minority." These are the people struggling to provide the care you are so thankful for.
Be grateful you were taken care of when Canada still could.
That time is OVER.
jw
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
A Canadian says something and you apply it across the board?
Further, if you think I'm being oversensitive, how come this report generated 3 different threads
This is all about the Right making fellow Americans doubt that Government health care can work.
Cure cancer for $32 out of pocket?
Originally posted by Wormwood Squirm
What the hell do you know about Canada living in Texas and Indiana Huh?
Originally posted by WhatTheory
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
A Canadian says something and you apply it across the board?
It's not just a typical canadian citizen, it's the the incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association.
Surly that holds a little more weight.
Everything the government controls eventually becomes bankrupt, corrupt and full of fraud and waste. Examples include medicare, medicaid, welfare and VA hospitals just to name a few. What on earth makes you believe nationized healthcare will be any different?
Cure cancer for $32 out of pocket?
Tell that to all the people who are not allowed to get cancer medicine in canada because they don't meet the 'requirements' which includes age.
Plus, where do you think all the cancer drugs and research is mainly being funded? Anwser: The current american system. Thanks!
Originally posted by WhatTheory
Originally posted by Wormwood Squirm
What the hell do you know about Canada living in Texas and Indiana Huh?
That type of thinking cuts both ways.
Since you made that statement, you should not be saying anything negative towards the american system because after all, what the hell do you know living in canada.