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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 10:00 PM

SickOfTheOnePct (1,796 posts)

60. In some provinces, patients cannot buy insurance for anything covered under single payer n/t

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
Canadians starting to demand the privatized USA Health Care system....... [View all]	Logical	Jul 2012	OP
Good information, and	ProSense	Jul 2012	#1
They have not yet been inundated with right wing propaganda telling them	sabrina 1	Jul 2012	#2
Yep. +1 nt	whatchamacallit	Jul 2012	#3
This is why we can't have nice things	Scootaloo	Jul 2012	#84
Today my doctor and his friends did joke about America's health care	riverbendviewgal	Jul 2012	#4
But,	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#6
yes I have friends in the USA and they say the same thing.	riverbendviewgal	Jul 2012	#7
LOL!	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#9
No one minds Canadians coming to USA for hip replacements.	MADem	Jul 2012	#37
Lots of times	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#44
Canadians, Americans, and those of other nationalities all engage in medical tourism.	MADem	Jul 2012	#86
Thanks for this!! I would move to Canada if I was younger. Being 50 hurts my chances.	Logical	Jul 2012	#19
Israelis have no interest in our system either	Enrique	Jul 2012	#5
Wow!	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#8
OMG!?!?	Ruby the Liberal	Jul 2012	#26
Our system of health care has been available to Canadians all along	JohnnyRingo	Jul 2012	#10
I've only read one thing about Canadian healthcare that I wouldn't like	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#11
That's the British system	Lydia Leftcoast	Jul 2012	#31
It's in Canada as well	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#36
LMFAO	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#69
Of course that woman's story was debunked	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#72
Not really.	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#79
Private care is common in UK, too. The rich like it.	MADem	Jul 2012	#40
Don't scare me like that	TrogL	Jul 2012	#12
:-)	Logical	Jul 2012	#20
LOL	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#45
K&R and	beac	Jul 2012	#13
+1000	Logical	Jul 2012	#21
Complete list of countries that overturned their national health plan after passing one...	Scuba	Jul 2012	#14
LOL, you scared me for a second there!	Logical	Jul 2012	#22
The RW talking point I hear on Yahoo Answers is that more Canadiens	Jamaal510	Jul 2012	#15
I think that is a fact of single payer systems...you have to wait longer, both in line & for	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#17
If you have good insurance or are rich, you can jump the line in the U.S.	Lydia Leftcoast	Jul 2012	#32
Bullshit you don't have to wait for a knee replacement if you have insurance in this country.	Ikonoklast	Jul 2012	#35
No need to be ugly. I was speaking from experience and reading on the subject. There are stats.	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#47
Stop posting deliberately misleading information.	Ikonoklast	Jul 2012	#62
Stat: Avg wait time in U.S. for Ortho. Surgeon appt is 17 days.	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#49
That's to see an orthopaedic for an office visit or consultation.	Ikonoklast	Jul 2012	#57
Chill. What I didn't post was the comparison to Canada: Canada's avg wait time was 45 days for	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#58
Wow.	Ikonoklast	Jul 2012	#67
Just a point most ortho's and other surgeons are in private practice....	Historic NY	Jul 2012	#73
waits are prioritized	riverbendviewgal	Jul 2012	#39
Sounds great. Wish we had that. nt	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#50
I've never had knee surgery	SouthernLiberal	Jul 2012	#42
By contrast, I was examined & tested for RA. I got in immediately.	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#53
I would take the wait for free and universal healthcare.	Logical	Jul 2012	#23
First off, it's not free	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#27
Well, I will choose universal health care with a wait vs. the stupid USA method. And I have great...	Logical	Jul 2012	#28
I'm all for universal single payer	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#29
you have two lies in your post	Doctor_J	Jul 2012	#33
What is it with some at DU that they assume that anyone they don't agree with is a freeper?	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#38
Can I just say re: wait times	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#48
Yes, I understand that a national average is difficult due to the setup of the system	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#52
ugh, I KNOW it wasn't anecdotal!	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#63
No worries about me moving to Canada	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#65
Holy freeper talking point batman	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#66
No, I haven't used your services	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#68
They are old.	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#71
+1001! nt.	polly7	Jul 2012	#75
Old? They're from March 22, 2012	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#76
That's a BS talking point	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#81
So say you - I disagree	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#83
You obviously don't know any Canadians	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#87
They're getting very picky about immigration--if you're not rich, they don't want you.	MADem	Jul 2012	#89
+1000 nt.	polly7	Jul 2012	#74
They don't get the wait stats from patients. It's reported by care provider admins...	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#55
I know that.	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#59
Yes, I think that I should be able to buy insurance	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#61
LOL funny you brought up the private/public school argument	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#64
Nope, not a Canadian	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#70
You don't see it because you don't want to	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#78
Exactly	polly7	Jul 2012	#80
I can tell you why we put our kids in private school	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#82
And I disagree with your basic premise.	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#85
Lots of mind reading (and bad mind reading to boot) in your response	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#93
In some provinces, patients cannot buy insurance for anything covered under single payer n/t	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#60
Private insurance is purchased to supplement the provincial plan insurance,	polly7	Jul 2012	#77
when you show up during election season and spout hate radio lies,	Doctor_J	Jul 2012	#94
What did I lie about?	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#95
I think you CAN still buy private ins. in both Canada and England. But...	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#34
My federal and provincial taxes combined in 2011 were 25 percent	riverbendviewgal	Jul 2012	#41
Wow, that's great. Thx. Yes, I saw your other post. nt	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#56
The main reason Canadians come to the U.S.	ThoughtCriminal	Jul 2012	#88
Brazil is the place to go--it's summer in winter down there and they	MADem	Jul 2012	#90
Medical tourism - the big secret America's health care industry doesn't want to talk about...	Zalatix	Jul 2012	#96
So 50% of Canadians grade their ins. A or B, while over 60% of Americans grade theirs A or B?	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#16
It doesn't surprise me	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#18
No, not what it sez... 22% of Americans give a grade of A or B	Agony	Jul 2012	#24
Where do you see that?? From the study link....	Logical	Jul 2012	#25
I was gonna say that the headline does not match the content of the post...	and-justice-for-all	Jul 2012	#30
there certainly is alot	littlewolf	Jul 2012	#43
We have one right here on DU..	Fumesucker	Jul 2012	#46
Well, our Sid seems to like it.	Autumn	Jul 2012	#51
Canadians wouldn't accept mandatory for-profit insurance from their hard Right. Fact. nt	Romulox	Jul 2012	#54
Well, you've got to pay for the biggest military in the world somehow.	Gregorian	Jul 2012	#91
DAMMIT!!! You almost stopped my heart with that title.	Zalatix	Jul 2012	#92

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