Comments on: "The real danger of replicating Canada’s system in the United States" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/real-danger-of-replicating-canadas.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/real-danger-of-replicating-canadas.html/comment-page-1#comment-80244 Anonymous Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/the-real-danger-of-replicating-canadas-system-in-the-united-states.html#comment-80244 It puzzles me that the more extreme leftists who see G.W. Bush as a totalitarian dictator abusing the power of the state, are those most virulently clamouring to give over to the state the power over their healthcare and access to their intimate medical records. Cognitive dissonance abounds. It puzzles me that the more extreme leftists who see G.W. Bush as a totalitarian dictator abusing the power of the state, are those most virulently clamouring to give over to the state the power over their healthcare and access to their intimate medical records. Cognitive dissonance abounds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/real-danger-of-replicating-canadas.html/comment-page-1#comment-80243 Anonymous Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:49:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/the-real-danger-of-replicating-canadas-system-in-the-united-states.html#comment-80243 Medical facism is a real threat. Government run healthcare systems are an integral part ot the police state in all totalitarian or fascist societies. If the American people are too stupid to see that or want their freebies so much that they don't care, then they deserve to lose their freedom. Medical facism is a real threat. Government run healthcare systems are an integral part ot the police state in all totalitarian or fascist societies. If the American people are too stupid to see that or want their freebies so much that they don’t care, then they deserve to lose their freedom.

]]> By: Zagreus Ammon http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/real-danger-of-replicating-canadas.html/comment-page-1#comment-80189 Zagreus Ammon Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/the-real-danger-of-replicating-canadas-system-in-the-united-states.html#comment-80189 You're just getting warmed up. Quebec is (was) the most physician-hostile health ministry in the country at the time I left.<br/><br/>Then, depending on the administration, it may get worse. My friends tell me that things are better now. I'm not sure what that means. You’re just getting warmed up. Quebec is (was) the most physician-hostile health ministry in the country at the time I left.

Then, depending on the administration, it may get worse. My friends tell me that things are better now. I’m not sure what that means.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/real-danger-of-replicating-canadas.html/comment-page-1#comment-80174 Anonymous Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/the-real-danger-of-replicating-canadas-system-in-the-united-states.html#comment-80174 He has a good point. It's not just the healthcare, it's the power of government over a massive part of the economy.<br/><br/>The hospital closure is not the only thing Quebec tried to do to the docs. There was the time they tried to force private docs to work in the provincial ER's.<br/><br/>http://www.cmaj.ca/news/26_07_02.shtml He has a good point. It’s not just the healthcare, it’s the power of government over a massive part of the economy.

The hospital closure is not the only thing Quebec tried to do to the docs. There was the time they tried to force private docs to work in the provincial ER’s.

http://www.cmaj.ca/news/26_07_02.shtml

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