Comments on: HEALTH WIN = DISASTER

By: nomdeblog

nomdeblog — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:13:00 +0000

“my wife recently had two major operations that would have required me to sell my little home to pay for such had we been living in the states. “

UV, first of all I sincerely hope those operations were successful!

But you would not have to sell your home in the US if you had insurance. And anyone with the wherewithal to own a house should have the mental dexterity to go out and buy Health insurance.

Yours is the classic CBC argument…. Canadians hear repetitive horror stories of Americans losing their $400,000. house to pay for an operation. But many of those 48 million Americans made a decision, to have a big house and a big mortgage instead of buying health insurance. Many are young and don’t think they will ever get sick. But yes, some have fallen through the cracks and that needs to be fixed … even the GOP admits that. But you don’t need to turn the USA into the USSR to fix it.

There is no such thing as free health. You are going to pay for it one way or another.

The US has some problems with Health as does every country in the world. Nobody has it right, it needs to be constantly improved, incrementally, trial and error. But it definitely should not be run from the center, by a government monopoly.. even Canada doesn’t do that. We have 10 provinces running it and soon we’ll be seeing lots of competition on which province can set up the best model.

By: UV

UV — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:35:17 +0000

I would imagine that the Republicans have lost a lot of credibility with many Canadians about their lies regarding Canada’s Health Care System. They show the exceptions in their phoney advertisements but not all the good things about our Universal Health Care . I dont think any Canadian would trade what we have for what the Americans have, not much for the some 48 million without any coverage and many more with limited coverage.
Strange country that can spend trillions of their tax dollars on space exploration and fighting wars, than on their own citizen’s health.
For example, my wife recently had two major operations that would have required me to sell my little home to pay for such had we been living in the states. Waiting times were reasonable and the operation was successful thanks to our great medical staff.
God bless our universal health care.

By: Cynapse

Cynapse — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:15:37 +0000

After watching your heroes on FOX News all week, and getting a general feel for where the “locals” are at, I don’t think this healthcare bill is going to pass. Obama dropped the ball by admitting he only has a passing idea of what’s in it.