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Originally Posted by Leto
maybe. But given the options... there's not much better anywhere. I've had to compare experiences between here, the US, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sri Lanka.
We've got a pretty darn good system for the end user, which would benefit VERY greatly from some improvements in efficiencies. There are a lot of improvements that could be provided....
(no it's not free. we all contribute, and in Ontario, we are back to the old system of paying a bit off of our paycheques.)
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Thank you Leto for this well reasoned contribution. I submit that government involvement by design prevents any improvement of efficiency. As the two are the antithesis of each other. A free and unfettered market place is really the only solution. Of course, "pretty darn good" is still pretty darn good and better then nothing, especially for those who contribute little or nothing to society as a whole. It's all about priorities and trade offs, I guess.
I too have my samplings from Canada (somewhat extensively), the US (extensively), The Netherlands, and the UK. In my experience nothing even comes close to the US, but I was fortunate enough to have my 880 gram 25 week preemie with heart problems and my thyroid cancer handled by arguably the best hospital system in the entire world, that being Johns Hopkins. MY orthoscopic acl repair at McGill was mired with complications, and took almost 5 years to go from diagnosis to resolution. I could be biases...hell I am CLEARLY biased, but that is my perspective. No where else has even come close to the US.
Seriously though, I think, as it is the home of my people as far back as my French beaver trapping, Kahnawá:ke Mohawk , Irish potatoe famine surviving heritage goes, that few places on earth are as spectacular, wonderful, inspiring and uplifintg as Canada. Its places, its cultures, its values, and its people (Your calling the US "north america's asshole" classless Canadians not withstanding).
-bear