Canada Looks for Ways to Fix Its Health Care System (Socialist Health Care is a FAILURE)

New York Times ^ | Sept. 12, 2004 | CLIFFORD KRAUSS

[FairOpinion]

""If you are not bleeding all over the place, you are put on the back burner," Ms. Pacione said, "unless of course you have money or know somebody."

Socialist ANYTHING doesn't work!

But the Dems are still trying to socialize and thereby destroy medical care in the US, which right now is the best in the world.

[Jim Robinson]

But, but, but... I just saw a couple of Democrat talking heads on TV yesterday bragging about what a great health care system Canada has. How could they be wrong?

[Stellar Dendrite]

Why didn't Clinton have his heart surgery there? They could "prove" how "great" the system is-- he could have waited 40 days like everyone other Canuck for the surgery!!

[FairOpinion]

LOL!

Well, you know that Democrats would never lie. ;)

[madison46]

Big Ping

[oolatec]

Uh, they could privatize it, and keep fools like Edwards out of the country... just a thought...

[FairOpinion]

"Young doctors are more likely to seek the most lucrative work in cities or go to the United States "


The same US, that the Canadians hate and keep badmouthing.

We shouldn't let them in.

[Humidston]

>>The same US, that the Canadians hate and keep badmouthing.<<

Boy, you got THAT right! We were up there about two mths ago and those people were downright smug and haughty. Yeah, maybe they get their lame socialized medicine, but they pay sky-high prices for everything else, including $5.00 a gallon for gasoline!

What a nasty bunch of prigs.

[SmithL]

ONLY AN IDIOT wouldn't love this plan. Just ask the widow Heinz.

[MarineBrat]

IF you think that health care is expensive now, just wait until it's free!

[PlayDough]

I'm a Canadian, and I can attest to all the problems with universal health care up here. Long line-ups for any kind of substantive care, out of date medical equipment (because we can't afford to buy the cutting edge stuff), understaffed hospitals, not enough beds, etc., etc.

Believe me, you don't want any part of it. In Canada, we have a saying that pretty much sums it all up: Universal health care is great, as long as you never need to use it.

[spyone]

In most instances, it is a LOT more than 40 days. I know people who are on waiting lists for over a year to have knees, hips replaced. Glaucoma treatment over a year and a half. People are going blind in the meantime.

[two23]

Gov't Healthcare? Think: VA Hospital/County Clinic.
Or just another huge, bumbling, bureaucratic monster choking on its own paper-work, sucking up tax dollars and giving us 3rd world healthcare by barely qualified "medical assistants" that don't speak English. Pick a number and go sit in a grubby chair and wait. At 10:00 AM, the staff is on morning break. At 3:00 PM, the staff is on afternoon break. At 4:00 PM, the staff has left for the day. You just waited 4 hours to be seen by an "assistant"...ooops, you didn't dot an "i" on line 7 on form # 4...back to the end of the line...no thanks.

[CWOJackson]

canada has decided to align itself with europe and against us...their health care system isn't the only thing wrong up there.

[Pikamax]

bttt

[drtom]

Wow. Where did you go that gas cost $5 a gallon?

Everywhere I do business up there it averages 80 cents Cdn per liter (approx. 60 cents US) which translates into about $2.35 per gallon.

[Casloy]

At least once a year my wife's Canadian half sister trecks down to our neck of the woods to have some medical procedure she would have to wait a year or two to get in Canada. I'd feel sorry for her but every time she visits I have to hear how wonderful the Canadian health care system is for the "little people." Drives me absolutely insane. She is a classic liberal.

[Mark]

I'm a Canadian, and I can attest to all the problems with universal health care up here.

But wouldn't the solution just be to increase the taxes?(/Lib talking point)

[FairOpinion]

Well, this is the care Kerry wants us to have.

THERE are 'idiots,' then there are idiots (KerryCare)
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