Do I have to type slow?
I received my refund cheque within 14 days of filing my tax return. I still haven't gotten my cheque from Canon, and it's been like two months since I sent in the mail-in rebate for my scanner.
It is mission of neither Canon nor Canada to return money. You acquired your scanner when you paid the cashier. We can't say that about health care can we?
I'll forgive you for saying this only because you don't live in Canada and are unfamilliar with the political climate here. But basically, with the sole exception of oil-rich Alberta, every government in the history of this country that has tried to screw with healthcare, or toyed with privatization, has been kicked out by the electorate on this sole issue.
If your happy, I'm happy, but I'm pretty confident that the health care decisions are not voted on but decided by a bureaucrat.
Wrong. In the case of doctors, each provincial government works out an annual agreement with the Canadian Medical Association,
In other words, the government determines health care.
Decision-making will be driven by pressures to control costs and cut corners through rationing. . . Only if the system is underfunded. Besides, it's not like a for-profit organization doesn't do that every time the shareholders decide they're not making enough money.
That's not really true. If a service is desired, the market will provide unless regulation makes it impractical. Anyway, not ever medical practice has shareholders.
And apparently, even the former Canadian Prime Minister's doctor thinks your country's universal health-care system needs work. There's not a single individual in this country who doesn't disagree that it needs work.
Clearly, your mind is starting to open.
Rich people have this idea that they should be able to get what they want, when they want it, rather than getting in line like everyone else.
Middle class Americans don't have to wait in line.
Ultra Sonic has been debating a Canuck on another board and was giving us a chance to suggest possible rebuttals. The Canuck is a full blown commie socialist and does not seem to even understand arguments that don't fit with his world-view. If you scan above all the previous you may think of some responses.
I think he should tell the guy that Americans value individualism and don't want to visit a Doctor that treats his job like a union dock worker does and if he can't understand why, he is an idiot.