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james t kirk · 02-21-2005, 05:24 PM

I find the first article kind of funny.

My take on it is "if healthcare in the US was "free" (note to the writer, it's not "free", it's universal) then there wouldn't be enough health care to go around. Because Americans have to pay for health care, and not all of them can afford it, then there is enough health care to go around for those of us who can afford it"

Nice one.

Also, the bit about the elderly somehow not getting enough health care in Canada because why waste resources on them is my favourite bit. When my father was in the hospital, the guy across from him in the room was an older Italian guy who could barely speak english. He was in his mid 70's and had cancer and it was terminal. He wasn't in the hospital for cancer treatment (he had already had that). He was in there because while he was home, he slipped and fell and broke his hip and they were doing a hip replacement.

Now here's a guy who's in his mid 70's, is suffering from cancer and they do a hip replacement anyway. Pretty cold system eh.

I find the US scare mongering on Canadian Health Care kind of funny actually cause you would be very very hard pressed to find too many Canadians who would trade in our system, however flawed, for an American styled Health Care system.

If you love the American system so much, good for you, it's yours. I find it very interesting how Americans never cease to keep attacking the Canadian system for some reason. Why do you care?

I myself have never had any problems with receiving what I would consider to be a good level of service when it comes to health care.

I also can honestly say that I know of no-one personally who has gone to the states to receive and pay for health care. I am sure they are there, but the vast majority of Canadians seek and receive world class health care at home.

And most telling, Canadians live longer and have a far lower level of Infant mortality than the US. Something must be right besides the fresh air.

Check it out yourself at the ciaw world fact book

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html

02-21-2005, 05:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
james t kirk Junkie Location: Toronto	I find the first article kind of funny. My take on it is "if healthcare in the US was "free" (note to the writer, it's not "free", it's universal) then there wouldn't be enough health care to go around. Because Americans have to pay for health care, and not all of them can afford it, then there is enough health care to go around for those of us who can afford it" Nice one. Also, the bit about the elderly somehow not getting enough health care in Canada because why waste resources on them is my favourite bit. When my father was in the hospital, the guy across from him in the room was an older Italian guy who could barely speak english. He was in his mid 70's and had cancer and it was terminal. He wasn't in the hospital for cancer treatment (he had already had that). He was in there because while he was home, he slipped and fell and broke his hip and they were doing a hip replacement. Now here's a guy who's in his mid 70's, is suffering from cancer and they do a hip replacement anyway. Pretty cold system eh. I find the US scare mongering on Canadian Health Care kind of funny actually cause you would be very very hard pressed to find too many Canadians who would trade in our system, however flawed, for an American styled Health Care system. If you love the American system so much, good for you, it's yours. I find it very interesting how Americans never cease to keep attacking the Canadian system for some reason. Why do you care? I myself have never had any problems with receiving what I would consider to be a good level of service when it comes to health care. I also can honestly say that I know of no-one personally who has gone to the states to receive and pay for health care. I am sure they are there, but the vast majority of Canadians seek and receive world class health care at home. And most telling, Canadians live longer and have a far lower level of Infant mortality than the US. Something must be right besides the fresh air. Check it out yourself at the ciaw world fact book http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html Last edited by james t kirk; 02-21-2005 at 05:27 PM..