Posted on 08/07/2015 5:17:11 AM PDT by lowbridge
The man leading the GOP primary polls made it clear on Thursday night that he still has a high opinion of health care systems that are to the left of Obamacare.
During the first GOP debate, moderator Bret Baier said to Donald Trump, "15 years ago, you called yourself a liberal on health care. You were for a single-payer system, a Canadian-style system."
"As far as single payer, it works in Canada," Trump replied. "It works incredibly well in Scotland. It could have worked in a different age, which is the age you're talking about here." Trump didn't explain what might have changed in the last 15 years that would prevent the United States from adopting Canadian-style health care.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
We met a guy from Denmark at a Las Vegas show and he said the income tax there is 45% (quickly graduates to that) and the sales tax is 24%. They better have good health care at that level of taxation.
Yeah, I agree. Donald has just scrooooood the pooch with that comment.
If he ever needs bypass surgery I highly doubt he’ll be heading to Montreal.
Trump is finished. He has no core conservative principles. Cruz has known what is right to believe in since high school.
I had a young colleague who spent half of his senior year of college in Denmark. He says life there is basically unaffordable.
I think I heard one time at some point the the 2000’s there were more MRIs in the city of Philadelphia than in all of Canada.
Healthcare delayed is healthcare denied—and that’s what they have with the single-payer systems in Canada and the UK.
Here’s Scotland’s commitment to meet an 18-week referral for hospital care standard. 18 weeks—that’s over 4 months!
http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Waiting-Times/Diagnostics/
I met a British couple who immigrated to Canada to escape the poor NHS in Britain. The wife was having health problems & being treated inadequately with long wait times.
Upon Joining the Canadian health care system, she needed some tests. Canada told her it would be 6 months before the tests could be done. That wait might have killed her.
They contacted a doctor in Detroit who administered the tests & follow-on treatment with in 3 weeks. This probably saved her life.
Canada’s health care system is only marginally better than in Britain, & now with Obamacare, the US health care system is failing, too.
we visit Canada every year-
Our northern neighbor had a HEART ATTACK-
and needed EMERGENCY bypass (they were able to stabilize him)- guess what??- 6 month wait time! for surgery!
Was FORCED to not work- their recommendation-
GO TO THE U.S.A.!- ( but he would need to PAY!)
He could not afford it.. so waited for his 6 month
appointment- he made it AND is doing O.K.-
lucky I guess-
yes, it’s a value added tax and is added in every country where they have “free health care.”
No, it isn’t a direct quote. He never said single payer - he was referring to a safety net for the poor.
Yes. It works, nut not for the good health of the citizenry. It works for the health and prosperity of the bureaucrats and politicians.
http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trumppeople-tired-of-incompetent-politicians-498049603754
8-4-15
At 7:00 in the audio the panel asks Trump about single payer:
It works for Canada. Not the U.S. I like private enterprise, create competition, private system, open the state lines. I want a lot of bidders. As for those who cannot afford healthcare, you have got to take care of those people. About 25% in this category. Work out deals with hospitals who are not doing that well right now.
When people are aghast at the monster "profits" and sky high prices of new drugs they should be reminded that without those prices in a limited patent period those drugs would not exist at all and those drugs WILL become available at generic rates when the patent expires.
If Trump maintains his attitudes and delivery, no expositions will hurt him, may well enhance him. The brilliance of the fireworks mutes the effects of charges no matter how well founded.
Am i way off or is the problem with health care is millions of people not paying a dime for received health care services. As well as illegals flooding into the US.
Not to mention, generally, fraud,waste and abuse?
So, then hospitals are forced to raise their prices.
I’ve read that doctors, more or less, double their cost because ‘assistance” only covers half?
The government picks up the tab and raising taxes to cover it? Also, government is very inefficient and raises the cost as well?
Each Province is different. Under the Canada Health Act, all Provinces are required to provide universal health care but what is covered in AB is different than what is covered in SK or ON. Each Province has different coverage so that if you need treatment in say, ON that isn’t covered by AB Health, you have to pay cash for the service. This explains why I’ve been told that even if I am visiting out-of-Province, let alone out-of-country, it is wise to have Blue Cross.
Apparently in QU, they will not accept any other Provincial Health Care coverage because Québec is Québec. Blue Cross is most definitely a requirement when visiting QU. Ah, the joys of two ‘nations’ living in one country!
If you can’t wait for covered services that have a long waiting period, and you have the $$$’s, you can jump the line. For some services that are covered by Health Care, there are private clinics that are user pay, for example ‘Gimbel Eye Centres’. Also, many well to do Canadians travel to the US for operations and treatments, including MANY Canadian politicians! My ex-wife’s aunt, married to a wealthy businessman, was able to get a hip replacement by going Stateside. The wait in AB was at least eight months, but on their regular winter vacation in AZ, she got it done. No muss, no fuss because they had the money to have it done.
Trump said it worked for those countries... and would not work here!!!!! Stop the false accusations in the headline.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.