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On November 04 2010 05:22 domovoi wrote:

Also, your health care is cheaper because you control supply and prices

On November 04 2010 05:22 domovoi wrote:

Canada's racial demographics and eating habits are not similar to the US's at all. Also, your health care is cheaper because you control supply and prices, which is pretty much a political non-starter in the US. The AMA would never go for it.

On November 04 2010 05:22 Wysp wrote:
Yes Canadians need to spend more money on healthcare. Do we need to spend 3000 more per capita meet our new challenges? Nope, well less and we'll still treat everyone.

Thanks for firing some political rhetoric at me, though.


And about 2 - 5 weeks. If you break your leg you get it fixed ASAP. No unnecessary waiting. There are walk in clinics everywhere if you want to have an issue seen today and even if you phone your family doctor and say its pretty urgent for personal reasons they will let you in that day or the next...

having lived in 5 different provinces I can say this is not isolated.

On November 04 2010 05:27 Wysp wrote:

they totally are, you guys do eat a bit worst but this big Canadian - American culture divide is a myth.

You have a few more black people but overall we are the same.

We minimize what glaxokleinsmith and pfizer can gouge for their drugs, its true, but they don't leave our markets. They make a fortune in Canada.

I guess you believe so, and in my experience people with minds as owned as yours have no hope. But I'll probably respond a few more times anyway...

On November 04 2010 05:30 Wysp wrote:
These news sources you guys like...

http://jec.senate.gov/republicans/public/_files/CanadianWaitTimes2008.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fraser_Institute

The the difference is that even though you have it, your government is paying more per capita for it and you pay thousands (often tens of thousands) for it also.

derp

On November 04 2010 05:02 Wysp wrote:
FUN FACT: Americans pay twice as much per person for healthcare than Canadians.

And every single person gets it, for free? And we pay less for medication? Damn, its almost like we're not siphoning off billions into our overclass' pockets...


edit; preemptive derp block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_health_care_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States

edit 2: you guys eat bad but so do Canadians. Why are Americans so much lower? They don't get treated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

On November 04 2010 05:46 Wysp wrote:
Its funny though, since you pay so much more through your government and your own pocket.

- if there is an opinion there is a semi-credible news source funded by some political party or another who supports it. The only statisics and news I have been talking about are

-Life expectancy, as provided by the CIA
-Government spending on healthcare, as provided by the Canadian and American government bureaucracies.

Don't have time to deal with every brilliantly constructed think tank news machine.


(derp)

On November 04 2010 05:48 Wysp wrote:
And yes my mind is absolutely made up. I see more power in my hands in Canada, and more money in my pocket as related to healthcare. How the fuck do you expect to convince me I should pay more for healthcare only at the cost of more people suffering illness?


big ol' DERP

On November 04 2010 05:48 Wysp wrote:
And yes my mind is absolutely made up. I see more power in my hands in Canada, and more money in my pocket as related to healthcare. How the fuck do you expect to convince me I should pay more for healthcare only at the cost of more people suffering illness?


big ol' DERP

Healthcare in the Netherlands is financed by a dual system that came into effect January 2006. Long-term treatments, especially those that involve semi-permanent hospitalization, and also disability costs such as wheelchairs, are covered by a state-controlled mandatory insurance.

Singapore has a universal healthcare system where government ensures affordability

On November 04 2010 05:46 Wysp wrote:
Its funny though, since you pay so much more through your government and your own pocket.

- if there is an opinion there is a semi-credible news source funded by some political party or another who supports it. The only statisics and news I have been talking about are

-Life expectancy, as provided by the CIA
-Government spending on healthcare, as provided by the Canadian and American government bureaucracies.

Don't have time to deal with every brilliantly constructed think tank news machine.


(derp)

On November 04 2010 05:53 Wysp wrote:
Wait wait wait? What's altruistic about paying less?



(hopefully this dutch website will cock slap you with the truth in a second...)




edit; oh i forgot



HEEEEERRR HEREEEERRRRR DEEEEERP

On November 04 2010 05:55 domovoi wrote:

I think too much French language education has hurt your ability to read English. Those are not nationalized health care systems, they are government subsidized private systems. Like, oh, what the US has.

On November 04 2010 05:55 Wysp wrote:
I totally agree, our government needs to budget more money to healthcare. The costs needed will still leave us thousands per capita behind your underclass ass

On November 04 2010 05:58 domovoi wrote:

I have a lot of Canadian friends and family members. They are pretty poor compared to me. The median Canadian income adjusted for PPP and government benefits would be considered poor by American standards.