<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Canadian politicians enjoy better drug coverage than the public</title> <atom:link href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70894</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70894</guid> <description>There you go again with avoiding the issues.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Clearly, I&#039;m not the one who needs educating.  It&#039;s a stark reality...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There you go again with avoiding the issues.</p><p>Clearly, I&#8217;m not the one who needs educating.  It&#8217;s a stark reality&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70870</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70870</guid> <description>It is a stark reality when the lights are finally turned on! Obviously at this point there is little chance in educating you and your anti-corporate bias.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a stark reality when the lights are finally turned on! Obviously at this point there is little chance in educating you and your anti-corporate bias.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70859</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70859</guid> <description>So you choose to ignore my questions and instead call me &quot;pro-socialist&quot; and &quot;anti-corporate&quot;.  You equate me valuing the democratic process with socialism..and then astoundingly with communism??  I bring up real and obvious points.  CEO&#039;s are only answerable to their shareholders while we elect our politicians and they answer to us.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Typical tactics of someone who has nothing of substance to answer back with.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you choose to ignore my questions and instead call me &#8220;pro-socialist&#8221; and &#8220;anti-corporate&#8221;.  You equate me valuing the democratic process with socialism..and then astoundingly with communism??  I bring up real and obvious points.  CEO&#8217;s are only answerable to their shareholders while we elect our politicians and they answer to us.</p><p>Typical tactics of someone who has nothing of substance to answer back with.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70840</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:48:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70840</guid> <description>“Except for the fact that politicians are accountable for their actions to the citizenry while CEO&#039;s are accountable only to shareholders.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This of course is coming from someone that is anti-corporation and pro-socialism. Last time I checked, CEOs and their corporations PRODUCE ECONOMIC GROWTH and government can only provide the means for such growth. Of course, your hero Karl Heinrich Marx, the great German philosopher, was anti-corporation as well and believed that, &quot;The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.&quot; This quote I am sure is very familiar to you as it comes from the Communist Manifesto. Marx believed that capitalism would be replaced by communism and feared the corporation and worshipped at the alter of burocracy. It appears your politicians are about as accountable as those that stalked the Politburo in the now dissolved Soviet Union. I personally entrust the bourgeoisie and its lackeys over the Politburo anyday! As for you, I assume ignorance must be bliss.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Except for the fact that politicians are accountable for their actions to the citizenry while CEO&#8217;s are accountable only to shareholders.”</p><p>This of course is coming from someone that is anti-corporation and pro-socialism. Last time I checked, CEOs and their corporations PRODUCE ECONOMIC GROWTH and government can only provide the means for such growth. Of course, your hero Karl Heinrich Marx, the great German philosopher, was anti-corporation as well and believed that, &#8220;The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.&#8221; This quote I am sure is very familiar to you as it comes from the Communist Manifesto. Marx believed that capitalism would be replaced by communism and feared the corporation and worshipped at the alter of burocracy. It appears your politicians are about as accountable as those that stalked the Politburo in the now dissolved Soviet Union. I personally entrust the bourgeoisie and its lackeys over the Politburo anyday! As for you, I assume ignorance must be bliss.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70830</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:45:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70830</guid> <description>Is all this news of Canada&#039;s healthcare system a result of the current debate you&#039;re experiencing concerning healthcare down there right now?  Or is it simply to show how &quot;superior&quot; your system is?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is all this news of Canada&#8217;s healthcare system a result of the current debate you&#8217;re experiencing concerning healthcare down there right now?  Or is it simply to show how &#8220;superior&#8221; your system is?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70829</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70829</guid> <description>&quot;I will trust corporations and the private sector any day over the government. This example of Canadian politicians and bureaucrats treating themselves as royalty and throwing the scraps to the general populace to fight over like common peasants is disgusting.&quot;  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Corporate execs have far better coverage on average than the general populace.  Switch the word &quot;politician&quot; and &quot;corporate exec&quot; around and nothing changes.  Except for the fact that politicians are accountable for their actions to the citizenry while CEO&#039;s are accountable only to shareholders.  As far as different drug approval goes, if there&#039;s public outcry then the government is going to have to explain itself and/or rectify this situation.  If there&#039;s no outcry, then obviously nobody really cares and it&#039;s a moot point.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;By claiming that we have healthcare that&#039;s under total government control, you&#039;re neglecting the fact that most Canadians also have some form of private health insurance, provided by *private corporations*.  Also, health products are bought from private corporations, drugs and technological advancements are developed at private companies...the list goes on.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Were you ignorant of these facts or did you choose to ignore them?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Also, is the situation in the U.S. so dire and undemocratic now as to leave the American people with no say in what direction their politicians set for the country?  We elect our politicians and for the most part, they answer to us.  I don&#039;t understand this fear of &quot;government control&quot; while completely accepting corporate control.  At least with government we have a say in policy and so forth.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I will trust corporations and the private sector any day over the government. This example of Canadian politicians and bureaucrats treating themselves as royalty and throwing the scraps to the general populace to fight over like common peasants is disgusting.&#8221;</p><p>Corporate execs have far better coverage on average than the general populace.  Switch the word &#8220;politician&#8221; and &#8220;corporate exec&#8221; around and nothing changes.  Except for the fact that politicians are accountable for their actions to the citizenry while CEO&#8217;s are accountable only to shareholders.  As far as different drug approval goes, if there&#8217;s public outcry then the government is going to have to explain itself and/or rectify this situation.  If there&#8217;s no outcry, then obviously nobody really cares and it&#8217;s a moot point.</p><p>By claiming that we have healthcare that&#8217;s under total government control, you&#8217;re neglecting the fact that most Canadians also have some form of private health insurance, provided by *private corporations*.  Also, health products are bought from private corporations, drugs and technological advancements are developed at private companies&#8230;the list goes on.</p><p>Were you ignorant of these facts or did you choose to ignore them?</p><p>Also, is the situation in the U.S. so dire and undemocratic now as to leave the American people with no say in what direction their politicians set for the country?  We elect our politicians and for the most part, they answer to us.  I don&#8217;t understand this fear of &#8220;government control&#8221; while completely accepting corporate control.  At least with government we have a say in policy and so forth.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70797</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70797</guid> <description>&quot;think about what happens when corporations have total control of healthcare...the bleakest of the bleak.&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I will trust corporations and the private sector any day over the government. This example of Canadian politicians and bureaucrats treating themselves as royalty and throwing the scraps to the general populace to fight over like common peasants is disgusting. Your mitigation of the facts is astounding, but not unexpected.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“’total government control’?? Get your facts straight please.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please expand on your retort to the politicians and bureaucrats having total control of Canadian healthcare. Now, if you are referring to veterinary care, you are correct. Canadian household pets do in fact enjoy far superior private healthcare compared to their owners, unless of course the owner is a politician or bureaucrat.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;think about what happens when corporations have total control of healthcare&#8230;the bleakest of the bleak.&#8221;</p><p>I will trust corporations and the private sector any day over the government. This example of Canadian politicians and bureaucrats treating themselves as royalty and throwing the scraps to the general populace to fight over like common peasants is disgusting. Your mitigation of the facts is astounding, but not unexpected.</p><p>“’total government control’?? Get your facts straight please.”</p><p>Please expand on your retort to the politicians and bureaucrats having total control of Canadian healthcare. Now, if you are referring to veterinary care, you are correct. Canadian household pets do in fact enjoy far superior private healthcare compared to their owners, unless of course the owner is a politician or bureaucrat.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70792</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:07:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70792</guid> <description>Yep, damn politicians.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;On the flip side, it would be totally ridiculous to expect all drugs to be covered for all segments of society, especially the ever-expanding senior population.  This is where their private insurance should kick in.  &lt;br/&gt;&quot;total government control&quot;??  Get your facts straight please. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;Absolutely ridiculous. Again, this is what happens when the government is given total control of the healthcare system.&quot; think about what happens when corporations have total control of healthcare...the bleakest of the bleak.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, damn politicians.</p><p>On the flip side, it would be totally ridiculous to expect all drugs to be covered for all segments of society, especially the ever-expanding senior population.  This is where their private insurance should kick in. <br />&#8220;total government control&#8221;??  Get your facts straight please.</p><p>&#8220;Absolutely ridiculous. Again, this is what happens when the government is given total control of the healthcare system.&#8221; think about what happens when corporations have total control of healthcare&#8230;the bleakest of the bleak.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70743</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70743</guid> <description>&quot;While those plans only covered about half these medications, politicians and bureaucrats were covered for all. They were also covered for a number of medicines which the drug review did not recommend for inclusion in public coverage.&quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Absolutely ridiculous. Again, this is what happens when the government is given total control of the healthcare system. While the neo-socialists in this country are cheerleading for a single pay nationalized HillaryCare system here in the USA, you better believe the politicians and bureaucrats will not have to live by the rules they set for the rest of us…</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;While those plans only covered about half these medications, politicians and bureaucrats were covered for all. They were also covered for a number of medicines which the drug review did not recommend for inclusion in public coverage.&#8221;</p><p>Absolutely ridiculous. Again, this is what happens when the government is given total control of the healthcare system. While the neo-socialists in this country are cheerleading for a single pay nationalized HillaryCare system here in the USA, you better believe the politicians and bureaucrats will not have to live by the rules they set for the rest of us…</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug.html#comment-70742</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/canadian-politicians-enjoy-better-drug-coverage-than-the-public.html#comment-70742</guid> <description>Absolutely ridiculous. Again, this is what happens when the government is given total control of the healthcare system. While the neo-socialists in this country are cheerleading for a single pay nationalized HillaryCare system here in the USA, you better believe the politicians and bureaucrats will not have to live by the rules they set for the rest of us…</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely ridiculous. Again, this is what happens when the government is given total control of the healthcare system. While the neo-socialists in this country are cheerleading for a single pay nationalized HillaryCare system here in the USA, you better believe the politicians and bureaucrats will not have to live by the rules they set for the rest of us…</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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