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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:18 AM Original message |
What's the truth about health care in Canada? (Canadian healthcare?) |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Congrats to my hometown newspaper for running this. The comments are priceless.. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No doubt. The GOP has given out the talking point (government run) and ... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. I lived in Canada and it has a fine health system! |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Pretty much the same as the UK's NHS |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Uhm, except that... |
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Mark Baker (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Only hospital doctors |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. None of the UK's GPs are government employees |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I love the UK system! |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. Very few UK docs are government employees most are |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. ***Medical discoveries made by Canada/Canadians!*** |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. but but..... there won't be any medical research if we have a 'government run' system.... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Great links, thanks! |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
49. K & R. Great OP and great link here. |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oooh, I gotta bookmark this. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No doubt they will link to the Heritage Founation's "response." |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Actually I meant to reply to the post with the links to Canadian research |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Oh? You should share! LOL! n/t |
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TaffyMoon (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. People, if it was lousy |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. isn't that how it is with medicare??? they don't even touch it because they know |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. O Canada! If only the USA could have free health care. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Technically it isn't "free" just pre-paid with taxes. n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It's free. FREE means patients don't have to pay. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Okay, I see what you're saying. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. FREE is a term that is defined by the recipient's role, not the provider's role. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm sorry. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Sorry. I don't impute bad motives, but I'm touchy about GOP talking points. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Not to mention how much oil companies get in subsidies. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Nice article! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. "the only way to rein in costs and maintain decent care" QFT |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. Myth #1 - the wait. Who hasn't waited in this country? |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. The Kings and Princes coming over here for health care aren't going to the ER! |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. I had to wait more than 3 weeks to start chemo for lymphoma. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. I waited 3 months to have a lump removed from my neck. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Delete. |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Well, my mom waited 2 days to have a spot removed from her nose |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. The US' privatized for-profit medical insurance industry has failed to prove its case since |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. And the 'privatized for-profit medical insurance industry' is GUILTY of.... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Definitely. Insurance companies perpetrate all of their nightmare scenarios right now. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. knr Too bad a Canadian style system is not being proposed.... |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. We need a leader who will tell the truth. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. We cannot do these things as too many people might question |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Like any system |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. K, R, & B. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You're welcome. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. They keep costs down by sending ninjas to kill expensive patients in the dead of night. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. And we set our old people adrift on icebergs |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Wasn't Harper going to raise the iceberg age to 67? |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. The lies they tell about the Canadian health care system are amazing. |
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Dave From Canada (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sorry, but the Denver Post article is wrong. There ARE long waits for certain urgent care, and |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Useful VIDEO Here: |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. There are waiting lists, no one has said otherwise... |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I'm not sure where Dave is from but that certainly isn't the case in |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. Why Can't We Just Train More Doctors? |
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