Posted on 07/31/2009 6:09:45 PM PDT by Libloather
Canadian Health Care: A Viable Model?
John Stossel discovers some dead-serious drawbacks to socialized medicine.
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It is going to crash right when the USA jumps full force into Obama care. ugh.
LOL, I don’t have the TV on. I refuse to watch it but hope Stossel does a good job in his 15 minutes or less on the subject.
How do we stop this legalized Euthanasia and government control of our lives aka a dictatorship? The politicians will not listen to the American people; now what?
Sadly, it is going to take this monstrosity being enacted and the resulting flood of misery and early and needless deaths to make some of those who now love Zero to turn around.
Well, from what I saw, if you need a CT or a MRI, be a cat or dog, they will have it done in 24 hours.
You will have to pay for it however.
Went to see a pulmnologist this week that came here from Canada, after talking a few minutes he stated that if we adopt a health plan like Canada or England we will be sorry since we currently have the best health care system in the world.
I can tell you more-I have a sis-in-law in Canuckistan. Took her six months to get stents when it only takes a day or two here. AND, she was was called in twice during that period, told she was going to have the surgery, only to hang around the hospital all day and be sent home.
TRUE STORY!
Cuz it’s “free!!!!’
Getting private healthcare was an eye opening experience. Yeah..it's expensive but OMG!! It was like crawling out of a VW Bug and getting into a Cadillac. People were nice to you and the facilities were actually pretty pleasant and comfortable.
I’m surprised Doctors Without Borders doesn’t visit Canada. Those folks are obviously in need.
Yes and visiting people in the hospital there, you never see anyone in a private room. One delivery room we visited had the windows open in sweltering heat and there must have been 8 women in one room in various stages of labor.
oh no - what a story! Americans simply are not ready for that kind of healthcare nightmare!
But it’s not free and they know it.
My mother-in-law is Canadian and when they found out she had cancer of the bladder, she had to wait 12 weeks before she could be operated on.
By the time she had her operation, she was a mental and nervous wreck.
Fortunately, everything turned out OK but she had to spend a week in the hospital because of the cancer and 2 more weeks because of her mental and nervous condition because of worry.
Much Appreciated
Pissoffee should get her just deserts instead.
If you missed it, try Youtube after a while. There’s a TON of Stossel stuff over there.
That's true, but I can also go to Quebec and get one in a few days if I need it. I would also have to pay for that.
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