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Why on Earth ... Do Canadians Love Waiting for Health Care?
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| December 10, 2009
| Bradley Doucet
Posted on 12/11/2009 12:24:21 PM PST by Ed Hudgins
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To: Ed Hudgins
Because they can curl while waiting?
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:25:56 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Ed Hudgins
But then the Canadians don’t really need a big bloated military since they will come running to the Americans if they are ever invaded. So naturally all those taxes have to go *somewhere*.
All in all I’d say health care in Ontario is run on par with how the U.S. govt runs the Post Office.
To: Ed Hudgins
Because most people don’t have cancer and have to wait while their life passes before their eyes. For the every day ills, the system isn’t horrible.
To: Ed Hudgins
Why arent more Canadians more upset about having to wait for health care?
Because everybody gets to wait the same amount of time?
To: Ed Hudgins
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:33:49 PM PST
by
bergmeid
(obama. With a small o.)
To: Ed Hudgins
they come to America for the medical care. Maybe they get it free too.
To: Soothesayer9
What are the individual tax rates in Canada that pays for this “free” health care?
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:34:51 PM PST
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Ed Hudgins
Didn’t the Canadian Supreme Court just this summer declare part of this Healthcare statute unconstitutional? I think it was mandatory single payer and no private companies issuing healthcare insurance policies.
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:39:17 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Ed Hudgins
Like suburbanites defending their local schools.
The Canadians just can't believe they have a deteriorating
medical system.
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:39:18 PM PST
by
Hans
To: Ed Hudgins
Similar question:
“Why would Canadians want to stop global warming?”
To: Ed Hudgins
They don’t know any better. Have a few treatments on this side of the border, and then ask them how they like it. My guess is the poll numbers would be significantly different!
To: television is just wrong
... they come to America for the medical care. Maybe they get it free too.They do come to the U.S. for treatment in large numbers. Specialists in northern tier states cater to Canadian patients and do quite well financially as a result. Canadians seeking treatment in the U.S. pay their bills ... unlike the free loaders we get pouring over our southern border.
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:46:57 PM PST
by
BluH2o
To: Ed Hudgins
Because they are afraid if the government didn’t provide health care, there would be no health care. Once you train people to be dependent, it can very very hard to teach them to be self-sufficient.
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:51:55 PM PST
by
arista
To: Dr. Sivana
The canadian view of health care is fundamentally different. They don't view health care as a right or a privilege. It's considered necessary for the benefit of their entire society and people in and out of government are expected to cooperate to make it work as well as possible and everyone is on the same system. In the US, the debate is mostly about who gets what in terms of services, money, advantage, etc. Citizens and elected officials are more interested in scamming the system for money, votes or some other benefit.
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:57:53 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: arista
Because they are afraid if the government didnt provide health care, there would be no health care. Once you train people to be dependent, it can very very hard to teach them to be self-sufficient. Exactly right.
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posted on
12/11/2009 12:59:02 PM PST
by
jveritas
(God Bless our brave troops)
To: florida red
"Because most people dont have cancer and have to wait while their life passes before their eyes."Sure. 80% of the population are healthy. They have no complaints with the system. 80% healthy doesn't seem unusual?
yitbos
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posted on
12/11/2009 1:00:45 PM PST
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
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To: paul51
I was being a little facetious. I am familiar with the Canadian view as my wife is Canadian. I was reflecting on recent comments among Canadian officials regarding the possibility of allowing some fee for service. The response was that was impossible, because then the system wouldn’t treat everybody the same!
To: Ed Hudgins
Part of the problem is that Canadians are simply used to the waits, few if any could remember a time when there weren’t long waits for health care...same with the Brits. In the US health care consumers want treatment now and are generally getting it. They will be very dissatisfied when they suddenly have to wait weeks or months go through a massive bureaucracy to see a specialist or get advanced services.
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posted on
12/11/2009 1:11:21 PM PST
by
The Great RJ
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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