http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/mythbusting-canadian-health-care-part-i
After reading Sheila's link on the "Revolution of America" (and audio recording it there for anyone who cares to listen, or is too busy to read - it's long), I looked deeper into the blogs that this person has authored and found a very good one (two parts) on Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, Part 1.
You can then read Part 2, Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, Part 2: Debunking Free Marketeers here. It goes along very well with Jen's excellent blog "today" (yesterday her time) on the volunteers that are trying to help a teeny fraction of the tens of millions of Americans that cannot get healthcare in their own country.
Things MUST be heating up when Non-Political Cammy starts reading and posting this stuff!
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Sara Robinson's accounts are unique on this issue, as is her viewpoint. I also read quite a bit on this subject, including the report that Canada was looking and a complete overhaul of their system because it is bankrupting their nation after only 25 years (and this after they have virtually neutered their military in order to help pay). I'll have to see something more independent than her viewpoint.
ReplyDeleteDonald - How about asking a bunch of Canadians? We're pretty happy with the system considering that we get the medical attention we need when we need it without paying an arm or a leg to get it, and most definitely without being turned away for medical attention when we need it. That's pretty powerful. It's a system that works.
ReplyDeleteYes, over the years I remember the government talking about a "user's fee" like $5 per visit for example, but that was never implemented. Not yet, anyway. It's not to say it won't be, of course.
Although Michael Moore's "Sicko" is pretty intense, and he does have a definite slant against George Bush, and some may consider it to be just another form of propaganda, he brings a lot of the realities forward and shows that what Americans see as a "socialistic" (i.e. communistic) system or evil and no good is in reality, pretty darn good. Sure, it isn't without issues, but considering that the UK, France, Scandinavia also have similar kinds of systems that take care of us through our taxes, it kind of makes sense.
When it comes down to a medical emergency you most certainly don't want to have to think, "if I go to the hospital for this, I could lose my home..."
And with the "pay yourself first" understanding that if you pay all of your bills, investments, retirements, taxes, etc. FIRST, then what you are left with is yours to do what you will with it, it is possible to naturally adjust your lifestyle and live comfortably.
I haven't visited your page, Donald, but thanks so much for popping in here. I do appreciate it. Yes, she is a blogger, just as are we so your point about needing more evidence is perfectly understandable.
I was the exact same way with carbohydrates and EFAs and expended a LOT of time and energy trying to prove my mentor wrong in the beginning. But what I ended up doing was my due diligence, which just reconfirmed that he was right all along.
I hope that you will find the time and the desire to do your own independent research and look deeply into the pros and cons of this kind of system and come to your own educated conclusions. This document is just one piece of the puzzle. There are many more.
And regarding neutering our military... well, Canadians don't really see a need to go and get involved in policing every conflict in the world, like the US military seems to do (except in Africa, of course - but that too will change as soon as they find natural resources over there worth ... taking possession of through "democracy"). So, maybe we don't really need such a huge military presence.
A retired Canadian Naval officer friend told me that on routine missions with their US counterparts, what the Canadians did with one person, the Americans used three. The U.S. servicemen apparently were always quite shocked, but the Canadians simply said, "that's just the way we were trained." The training is apparently quite different as many Canadian and American military have commented on.
Seriously, without any bad or angry or tense feelings on this topic, it really is worth looking into because we KNOW that the American medical system is NOT working, not as a privatized system. Too many people are going without routine medical attention, simply because they cannot afford to pay for it. And that really should not happen. Anywhere. That's the real crime.
what about the japanese heath care system how is that?
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