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Originally Posted by j8ear
This is one of the most rediculous things I have read in quite a while.
Free. That's just absurd, and honestly the most conerning of all misconceptions about the mediocre universal health care system offered by my country. Not only is it not free but it is also substandard, as our wait times, mortality rates, and medical professional attrition rates would indicate.
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Bear... I would suggest that feelgood doesn't actually think the healthcare is free. I am sure he understands that taxes pay for it.
As for it being substandard, this is hardly accurate. As has been pointed out to you many times in this forum... the mortality rates and general level of health in Canada vs. the USA is pretty much the same (with Canada posting numbers that are slightly better than the USA).
The difference is that we provide this health care to everyone and the US system does not. We do this while costing less per capita than the current US system.
If it "fucking SUCKS" why can we do as much or better than the US system for less and for all?
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Originally Posted by j8ear
As far as paying for our own but not choosing too, perhaps you were unaware of a recent Canadian Supreme Court decision that actually overturned a Quebec law FORBIDDING Canadians from doing just that...You know forbidding us from choosing. This brings up two important thoughts. Why would provincial governments be restricting this choice, and how pre-tel did the Canadian Supreme Court get involved in an issue no one was choosing to do? Hmmmmmm.
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You are behind the times. The fact is, private clinics are a reality in Canada and there is no law preventing them from existing. The bone of contention comes when these private clinics try to tap into public funds. That shouldn't be permitted.