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Old 03-19-2010, 09:02 PM   #73 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Charlatan View Post
Wow. I don't even have to look at the poll to tell you that it is going to be skewed. It's coming from a libertarian think tank... The Cato Institute (and yes, I skimmed it and it is full of the usual conservative boogey men).

I don't think you will have any Canadians that are not concerned about the health care system in Canada. We all are concerned about tweaking it to make it better. I think if you were to ask Canadians if they wanted to scrap Universal health care... the overwhelming majority would say no. We have seen what private health care looks like and it isn't pretty.

As for no free lunch... you really don't get how it works. Of course there is no free lunch. The single payer system that Canada uses (actually it's closer to 10 payers as each province decides runs its own health care system, mandated by federal law). Health care is run by doctors and hospitals. It is paid for by the single government payer. Costs are kept low largely by reducing administration fees that are clogging the US system.

It is a fact that we pay less for health care per capita in Canada and offer 100% coverage.

Is it perfect? No. Is the US system perfect? Fuck no.

No system is perfect but cheaper and more efficient as ours is, seems to point in a good direction.

Frankly, I don't care what the US does. The only thing I care about is how your politicians and lobbiest keep dragging us into your shit storm, going even as far as trying to change our public policy.

Keep your f'n noses out of our health care.
Easy Simba! We are constantly bombarded about how we should adopt a Canadian system or a British system. My point is they work for those respective countries after many years of tweaking, but they are far from perfect. All systems have their warts and ours has a bunch, but adopting someone elses way of doing this is won't solve the issues of rising cost, and diminishihing quality and services.

Frankly I'm suprised we are that influential regarding Canadian healthcare policy when we are so f"d up with our own.

I fully intend to keep my F'ing nose out of Canadian health care if I possibly can.
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