Posted on 03/19/2005 7:14:19 PM PST by Heartofsong83
The US system is definitely not perfect, although seems to work better for the majority of the population. Private insurers and delivery should be an option, although I do believe that all working people, as well as disabled and seniors, should be guaranteed to at least basic, essential health care, funded privately or publicly.
Beth Brown better start polishing up her resume. She has attacked the holy grail of the liberal left, and they will not forgive her for this sacriligeous column.
I hope Hillary and co. are reading this as well.
Are you trying to say it in a positive or negative way?
Yeah for sure; your system has serious flaws too but copying the existing Canadian system will make things worse.
Even with such evidence they'll continue to hold up Canada and Cuba as such ideals of universal health care.
Totally positive (for our side). I cannot imagine seeing this column in an AP forum. This is more suited to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. She has committed a career ending move. This is too much truth for liberals to bear.
Familiar stuff and thanks for posting the warnings of socialized medicine.
Hordes of Canadians living near or far to the border with the US come to the states for treatment foregoing long often fatal waits. Even though they've been scammed for years by their govts, they are willing to fork over even more to get treatment in the US...or indeed anywhere.
A friend in pain in Toronto was told that his condition (gallstones) was low in priority and he would have to wait...in severe pain. He finally bit the bullet and came down to NYS and got relief in a week.
When taxes reached 30% in france (circa 1794), the royals lost their heads. Too bad the Canucks are such sheeple! Accepting the warm security of perpetual govt. care, but given a stone blanket.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I know that about 45% of provincial taxes go to pay for health care. For this garbage, that is just wrong.
That's correct. They should only fund such health care for those without private insurance, although they should strongly encourage private companies to fully cover everyone so no one is left behind. (Except for criminals and illegal aliens)
The universal free access to medical care in Canada is wonderful. There may be a waiting period for some and the system may generate it occasional anomalies, but... Overall it works! Big time!
How do you judge a country's success or failure?
As my late but still great high school history teacher,Mr James (Jim) H. Bocking, used to say:
You judge a country by how it treats its "have-nots" not simply by how it treats it "haves."
Let's have a bit more compassionate conservatism on this board!
My wife's nephew is just now beginning a career as a doctor in that system. His father has assured me that it is the best sytem for health care in the world. He is a brilliant, liberal educator.
Do I as a health-care provider, in this belief of yours, get guaranteed, basic and essential compensation to cover my costs of providing this guaranteed care along with a some profit to provide for my family for things like food, education and retirement?
I'll yet y'all know how it goes when my boy is born this July in a Toronto hospital. It went rosy last time with the first...
You gotta be kidding! I hope we never "improve" our system to be more like Canada. What about Canadians comming to USA for medical treatment?
That is on the issue of insurance, not delivery. The government would not be your employer.
Note that I would try to encourage private companies (or even religious organizations) to fully cover everyone; that is an extreme situation.
One problem is that free health care encourages people (especially hypochondriacs and the lonely elderly) to consume "routine services".
It's definitely frightening.
The worst part is that is quite "good" in the beliefs of the system; many have to wait up to 18 months or more!
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