Socialist medicine failed every place it was implemented, so the Dems shoved it down the throat of the American people, despite their objections.
We must vote in a Republican Congress and repeal Obamacare!
Another, different article on the same subject, with complementary information, posted by Libloather:
Canada: A hard look at the cost of health care (lifeblood sucking, aging population in crosshairs) by Christina Blizzard
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2524846/posts
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This cluster-Canuck is coming to America. Elections have consequences.
We must vote in a Republican Congress.
And they must repeal Obamacare.
Or we will get somebody who will.
I hope the Republicans understand this. I worry that they don't.
Being a Canadian, I tried to let them know this was happening,at the Huffington Post, in some discussions. I was called a liar and was booted for being too “anti-universal HC”
I wonder what they think now?
....and socialism fails once again....go figure!
There are so many unintentional gems in this article, it’s hard to know where to start. Here’s a couple...
“”Why are we paying more or the same for cataract surgery when it costs substantially less today than it did 10 years ago? There’s going to be a finer look at what we’re paying for and, more importantly, what we’re getting for it,” he said.
Other problems include trying to control independently set salaries for top hospital executives and doctors and rein in spiraling costs for new medical technologies and drugs. “
Gee, they’re finally realizing that you need a competitive market to figure out the price of things? You can’t just arbitrarily set them?
“The losers could be drug companies and pharmacies, both of which are getting increasingly nervous.
“Many of the advances in healthcare and life expectancy are due to the pharmaceutical industry so we should never demonize them,” said U of T’s Golden. “We need to ensure that they maintain a profitable business but our ability to make it very very profitable is constrained right now.””
So they get to decide what’s very, very profitable - but they still want the medical advances.
“”If it’s absolutely free with no information on the cost and the information of an alternative that would be have been more practical, then how can we expect the public to wisely use the service?”
But change may come slowly. Universal healthcare is central to Canada’s national identity, and decisions are made as much on politics as economics.
“It’s an area that Canadians don’t want to see touched,” said TD’s Burleton. “Essentially it boils down the wishes of the population. But I think, from an economist’s standpoint, we point to the fact that sometimes Canadians in the short term may not realize the cost.””
They will find out soon, how hard it is to take away so called “freebies”.
So Canada is going to copy the Pre-ObamaCare-Socialist Health Care while the USofA attempts to copy Socialist Canada.
At least we can drive across the border to the Canadian Hospitals [and American doctors??] just like they used to do, to get good health care.
We Must Not Relax After The November Elections. We Must Keep The Pressure On Our Elected Officials To Do The Constitutionally Correct Thing.
One of the main reasons that Canada’s Tax Freedom Day is in June, compared to the American April 9th.
According to the Tax Freedom Chart of all countries, America still has the first date of all listed.
Except that Americans have nowhere to run to, unless you count Mexico.
How naive! If it is free to the patient, he/she isn't going to care how much it costs the government. Hasn't she heard of the Tragedy of the Commons?
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Don,t get old. Don’t get sick. If you don,t fit in the envelope you wont get treatment. Like in the old days, if you get sick you die. Where is the progress. Thanks ponziism.