Re: The Bull*** Parade

From: Happy Dog (happydog_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 04:34:30 -0400

"tcomeau" <tunderbar@hotmail.com>

> Everyone in Canada gets health care. 100% of all Canadians have access
> to medical care.

Up until recently, 100% of anyone with a pulse had access to medical care.
I have a collection of health cards in the names of many favourite pets,
JIC.

> A few procedures may require a short wait,

LOL. Why do you think there are full page ads by US clinics offering
procedures either not available in Canada or with wait times that exceed
human half-life times?

> but it is available to all. Besides, if there is a wait, the choice is
there for
> us to skip the line and to pay for it in the US, or not. That is if we
> are willing to pay thru the nose for inferior medical care.

Your evidence? Been to a Mayo Clinic? It's like visiting a cosmetic
surgery clinic in Canada. They actually treat you like a client. Imagine
that.
>
> No-one refused ANY necessary medical care in Canada. The overall
> quality of care is as good or better than the US. Our doctors are
> better trained than the specialist-focussed system in the US. Our
> death-at-birth rates are much lower than in the US.

Where in Canada? Where in the US?
>
> And trust me, Canadians will not tolerate for-profit medical
> operations in Canada. Some idiotic politicians in some conservative
> provinces may make noise about it and may try to allow some for-profit
> companies to set up, but that crap will not fly for very long.

Actually, it will. There's too much pressure from US providers to ignore
the obvious gap in availability of clinical services. Why don't you tell us
why someone who works hard (or is just lucky) and wants to spend money on
rapid medical care shouldn't be able to find a provider.
>
> We choose to spend out tax dollars on health.

With what results? Have you been to a hospital lately?

le moo

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