Reading some Sicko comments over at Matthew Holt’s:
One other point that should be noted, all of those nations that have universal health care sacrifice other areas that receive little or no attention. For example, Canadian [sic] could not fight off the invasion of a blind army because it has woefully underfunded its national defense, relying instead upon the good old United States for its national defense. Its medical care system would change very rapidly but for that fact.
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hey THERE’s an idea! How bout they rely on us for defense, and we rely on them for health care?
Thanks but no thanks. I don’t weant to wait 5 years for a hip, knee, or cataract sx.
Well anything over 3 yrs I think we can outsource to Cuba – in return for protection of course.
Who was it that said “Give me liberty or give me health care”?
Nobody in Canada waits five years for joint replacement, not one year.
My sister recently had cataract surgery, from diaganosis to 20/20 vision in seven days. Cost, $3.00 for hospital parking. Neat eh?
You guys still drinking the HMO kool-aid?
Lets see, your using our gas and oil resources( we are your biggest supplier) and defending us from who? Seems you are the only threat to invade a country unilaterally.
Of course I don’t see the U.K. mentioned. They have a formidable
military and “socialized medicine”,
How’d the do dat?
Get a brain boys and girls your being reamed and don’t even get kissed!!!
The scare tactics you guys try to instill in the American public is laughable, at the expense of Canada! Hell I waited 9 months for an initial visit to a GI specalist right here in the good old US of A and that was with a PCP referral.
I recently knew someone who needed treatment not available in Canada so they sent her across the border to Buffalo and the Canadian Govt. picked up the entire tab. You guys really have no clue about Canada’s healthcare, nor your own, it seems.
There’s so much misinformation on both sides.
As an example, in 20 years USA practice, I’ve never seen a 9-month wait for anything except to have a baby.
Though I’m sure anything’s possible.
At the same time, despite hearing how rosy it is in Canada, we Yanks are getting scrod (I’m from Boston) without getting kissed…..I can access the Canadian press as well as anyone else. Even read enough French to follow the news in Francophone Quebec. It’s not hard to read about private clinics opening and promptly getting harassed by the local government, the Western provinces wanting to contract out services. Easy enough to confirm from Canadian expat physicians locally.
If it’s so great, why would anyone choose private care, and why is the government so against it?
Why did Jean Chrétien choose to go to Mayo for family medical care, and why did he feel it should be kept hush-hush?
Why did Chaoulli’s patient sue? “Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.” I believe that’s a direct quote from the Quebec court. What waiting list? They do not exist in Canada. Everybody knows that.
One would imagine the truth lies in between.
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