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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
probably true... fingers crossed for me! :p |
lol :p
Really though, Craig, Theresa and I had a good conversation about this when I was in TO. I am basically a fan of a tiered system. One that only a basic level of care would be provided by the government, and the rest would be private healthcare with a similar structure as the US. |
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| Allied Nations |
| its greg bitch |
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| Allied Nations |
everybody has startyed calling me craig... first at work, now with some friends... now on the ing internet!
WTF! |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
everybody has startyed calling me craig... first at work, now with some friends... now on the ing internet!
WTF! |
Did I hang out with you when I was in Toronto? Yeah didn't think so. :p
I was referring to Craig, as in Moral Hazard. :D |
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| Alex |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
The wait times at a hospital yes, but the wait time for a surgery you should have now to prevent worse health complications later, no. |
That's sort of far from the truth.
If the surgery is to prevent serious health complications from happening, you'd be surprised at how fast they are cutting you open.
Not to mention if it's a procedure that cannot be done up here at all, they will pay for it to be done in the USA/UK/France etc. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Alex
That's sort of far from the truth.
If the surgery is to prevent serious health complications from happening, you'd be surprised at how fast they are cutting you open.
Not to mention if it's a procedure that cannot be done up here at all, they will pay for it to be done in the USA/UK/France etc. |
While I am not speaking specifically for Canada, I have hear things that are further from the truth than that. Maybe it is different in different regions, but I know I have been told otherwise. And especially in the UK where the most knowledge I have on it is based. |
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| MeLLyMeL |
I don't think Universal Healthcare would ever work.. especially not within the next 4 years.
Not with the economy the way it is. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by MeLLyMeL
I don't think Universal Healthcare would ever work.. especially not within the next 4 years.
Not with the economy the way it is. |
It can't work when you have 300m people. Not in the way that others want it anyways. |
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| Project-K |
| You get bumped up the waiting list depending on the urgency of the operation, and if that still doesn't satisfy you, you can get private healthcare. It's not a perfect system but it works a hell of a lot better than the US system does. |
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| MeLLyMeL |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
It can't work when you have 300m people. Not in the way that others want it anyways. |
that too. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
You get bumped up the waiting list depending on the urgency of the operation, and if that still doesn't satisfy you, you can get private healthcare. It's not a perfect system but it works a hell of a lot better than the US system does. |
What makes it working better than our private system? I really have yet to see good reasons from our private system (aside from the uninsured) being worse off than a public system that basically starts to resemble the private system it is trying to replace.
Again, the problems that it attempts to solve are ones that would make a country go insolvent. |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
(aside from the uninsured) |
Yeah, that's mostly it.
Instead of healthcare only for those who can afford it, you get basic healthcare for all, and better healthcare for those who want to pay for it. |
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