| ripper said: Ok canucks, you have just a few more people than the state of Texas, you can't compare our health systems. We have over 10 times the people you do! Also you don't have over 30 million illegals sucking off the system. They get free health care from the emergency room. Universal health care would be taking 1/7th of the national economy and handing it over to the FEDS. When has the federal government ever done a good job of handling money? You know costs would skyrocket. Remember when oregon wanted statewide healthcare and then they scrapped it when they realized it would cost each taxpayer 11k per year? A major problem with healthcare is it really already a HYBRID system half subsidized half private. We pay huge (or if we are lucky our employers) premiums and really don't have CHOICE, there really isn't a free market! How many people price shop doctors or their services?? Only for plastic surgery.. How many of you know how much your doctors charge for services? The FREE MARKET WORKS, but its NOT being used because of the HEALTH INSURANCE companies corrupt practices and there is collusion with the medical profession. I have a friend who has a brother who is a pharm sales rep. They take out doctors for a night out, spend like 3k on dinner and drinks and then the docs prescribe the medicine to us. CORRUPTION!!! and all legal. its bullcrap. IF they make it possible for TRUE competition then we wil see health insurance premiums plummet. as it is now it is a broken system benefitting doctors, health insurance companies etc. |
First "Yankee", and this is just because you are one of those americans who seem to think canada is some small hole in the ground, Canada has more than 33 million people, and according the texas census, thats 10 million plus change above. Not only that, but if you hadn't noticed, most of northern canada is a barren wasteland, so I think we're doing pretty good.
Again, I'm not trying to make it seem like Canada's health care system is perfect, but its definitly preferable to a system where life and death can depend on if you have insurance or not. How would you feel if you got cancer and didn't have insurance. Hell, even if you did have insurance. The doctor says "Well Joe, we have this procedure that might save your life, but it might not. The bad news is its experimental so your insurance company won't cover it. The worse news is it'll probably cost you half a million dollars, which I know you don't have. The worst of the worst is you'll be out of work for 6 months as well in recovery time. And after all this, you might still only live a few more years...So, want me to get you a pen?"
In Canada, or most other 1st world country, you'd not only get the treatment for free, you'd probably get disability leave to cover missing work and it'd all be taken care of for you. In the US of A, the mightiest of the mighty...the richest of the rich? "No insurance? No money? Sorry, would you like me to connect you with a good funeral home?"
edit: Fixed a spelling mistake that was making me crazy.
