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Originally Posted by silent_jay
Don't know where you're getting your information from but you're really misinformed.
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My guess would be a misinformation program set in place by those that would stand to lose the most from universal healthcare...insurance companies.
Don't come down to hard on rahl, though. His is the viewpoint of most Americans. Why? 'Cause we just don't know. We hear about the one horror story out of a million cases and we run with it.
That...is a media thing. Hell, the only real reason that I, myself, know better about the Canadian healthcare system is because fine Canadian TFPers, such as yourself, have set me to rights.
From personal experience, I can equate universal healthcare to the healthcare that I received in the military. It was excellent healthcare. Superior in every regard.
However...compare that healthcare to that provided by the VA, and you have the difference between night and day. The VA healthcare system absolutely sucks. Why? Government bureaucracy and red tape. You Canadians may have gotten it right, and my hearty congratulations for doing it...but I don't trust the United States government to get it right. I see it turning into a bloated version of the pathetically inept VA system. This is one of those times that I do hope to be proven wrong.