Posted on 03/19/2005 7:14:19 PM PST by Heartofsong83
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
My (American) mom broke her hip. It's a horribly painful experience. She got surgery within 48 hours. If someone wants to pay for surgery and some doctor wants to perform it in exchange for pay, for the government to prohibit them from making this exchange strikes me as an elementary violation of the most basic human rights. It is really disgraceful, far worse as a human-rights matter than the 45 million (or whatever it is) Americans without health insurance.
Yep, that was universally hated from the "Fiberals". They increased taxes AND eliminated several services...it's about $1,200 a year in increased taxes for middle-class families, on top of existing taxes. And you get less for it.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
It's typical liberal distortion and half-truth-telling, designed to make something appear much worse than it is so yes, they can demagogue an issue. For one thing, that 45 million number includes lots of young people who voluntarily opt out of health insurance plans, preferring to spend their money on other things while they're young and then picking up insurance when they get older, and they're more likely to need it.
Yes he did. 56% of the vote.
He has been described as a "Red Tory" (same as your RINO) though - he supports abortion, gay marriage and gun control, for example. That reduced the turnout as the hard right had nowhere to turn. He comes from Toronto, but was forced to run there because the Conservatives have no seats in Toronto.
He is also at odds with most of the current Tory members, who are hardline conservatives representing rural ridings.
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Hospital Hell (Dan Aykroyd on Socialized Medicine)
The New York Post ^ | 11-19-2003 | Richard Johnson
Posted on 11/20/2003 3:15:45 AM EST by Lancey Howard
November 19, 2003 -- DAN Aykroyd is no fan of the bureaucratic bungling and cut-rate care of socialized medicine. "One place you don't want to get sick is Quebec," the Canadian actor advised us after a screening of Denys Arcand's 'The Barbarian Invasions.'
"It's all socialized. Believe me, you don't want to go to a hospital there."
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" Et in Arcadia Ego"
Even in Arcadia I (i.e. Death) am to be found.
Not only are you quoting Poussin's ironic refererce of Virgil on FR but you're doing it ironically.
I'll take the opportunity to ask you an ironic question.
Do you have a death wish?
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(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I lived in Canada for a time and it was quite amusing. Because Veternarians are not ran by the government in Canada(although they tightly limit supply).. pets have better and faster healthcare service then Canadian citizens themselves.
My friends grandfather needed surgery and it took a year and a half on the waiting list. Meanwhile his dog broke was running too fast down a rocky hill and hurt himself. The dog went in for surgery later that day, and was recovered completely in a few weeks.
There is also far less regulations on medications you can give to pets, so for pain killers as an example, the pets have access to much more powerful and effective(and cheaper) medication. Infact some Canadians when they bring their pets into get treated, get the vet to perscribe additional medication for their own problems.
Yeah, that is some statistic. No wonder they hate us. 1/2 their money goes to the gov't. Tremendous!
Yes. I agree. In addition, it proves that liberals are against a woman's right to control her body.
So liberals are pro-choice on abortion, and anti-choice on hip surgery.
Here's another such example:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132785,00.html
Government planners control monetary costs by shifting non-monetary costs on to patients. The system then prohibits Canadians from avoiding those non-monetary costs by paying out of pocket for their care, unless they leave the country.
That’s exactly what former champion figure skater Audrey Williams did. After waiting two years for a hip replacement in Vancouver, B.C., she traveled to Washington State and paid $25,000 to stop the pain.
“I couldn’t wait any longer,” the 71-year-old Williams told the National Post. She could barely walk, wasn’t getting enough sleep, and pain pills had upset her stomach. “I wanted a life.”
That is pretty much right.
There are a couple exceptions:
-Oshawa is represented by Conservatives at both levels and Niagara Falls at the federal level, but that was because they squeaked out three-way races (won with about 35%).
-The western Ottawa suburbs are staunchly Conservative.
The largest cities that lean Conservative would be Barrie and Cambridge.
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Third party waste should be eliminated, but that will become first party waste if socialized.
The amount of Canadians coming to the US is vastly overblown in the US media. Its not that they don't want to go for superior treatment though, its that they can't afford it.
Absolutely true. Many medications for animals are the exact same as for humans but at a 1/5 of the cost. Did you know that its so bad in Ontario that some people book MRI for dogs and then use the MRI themselves because of course paying to "skip the line" is immoral to a socialist society such as Canada.
Health Care is the frontline of the class war in Canada.
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