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2005-03-21 Great White North

"If You're Dead, Thank You For Using Medicare Canada"

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-21 7:27:38 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Funny how the only person who could be found to be quoted on how good the Canadian Health Care System is was an academic,not someone who actually works in Heath Care System.
A couple of yrs ago,the whole of Canada had less than a dozen MRIs,while a local mall in Clearwater(FL.)had one that for @$100 you could walk up and get an MRI done.
Mark Steyn had a column @yr ago,where he was relating story of patient w/SARS was left in waiting area of Quebec(I believe)hospital,then put into non-quarantined,non-private room. At least 4 other patients and relatives then caught SARS and died.
Much of problems w/US health care is incredible ease of trial lawyers in getting lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals. Insurance rates are closing clinics and practices at an astonishing rate.
One thing to keep in mind when the press gets its shorts(polite version) in a wad because so many millions of Americans don't have health insurance. The group w/lowest health coverage percentage and the largest in sheer numbers,is single males in their twenties. This also,suprisingly enough,is the group that needs and uses the lowest amount of health care. And in another shocker,this is the group all the mandated health care proponents want to force to enroll in health care plans,because the selfish b******s won't voluntarily sign up for plans they don't use.

Posted by Stephen 2005-03-21 9:37:22 PM|| 2005-03-21 9:37:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Much of problems w/US health care is incredible ease of trial lawyers in getting lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals. Insurance rates are closing clinics and practices at an astonishing rate.

You can extend this thought to most parts of our economy. Large organizations will routinely settle frivolous suits of all sorts because it's cheaper to pay off the plaintiffs than litigate the issues. And God forbid a sympathetic jury (read "nearly any jury") be allowed to hear the case as the verdict in any generic David v. Goliath is highly unlikely to come down in Goliath's favor. Jurors rarely recognize that they themselves will pay the stunningly large awards they routinely hand out.

Posted by AzCat 2005-03-21 11:11:52 PM|| 2005-03-21 11:11:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's always easier to play with somebody else's money Â©

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-21 11:17:20 PM|| 2005-03-21 11:17:20 PM|| Front Page Top

The average Canadian family pays about 48 percent of its income in taxes each year, partly to fund the health care system.

Holy shit, batman!

This ought to be engraved on the forehead of every DemocRat in America.

Not that it would do any good; most of them think this is a fine idea.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-21 11:30:11 PM|| 2005-03-21 11:30:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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