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Please stop abusing groups with your cross posts.
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> > > > Canada's healthcare system sucks.
> > >
> > > I daresay you don't know what you're talking about. I'm an American > living
> > > here in Canada, and guess what? Canada's healthcare system is *vastly*
> > > better than the US system in the vast majority of cases. Are there
> > > exceptions? Surely. There's no such thing as perfection. But the > Canadian
> > > system does a much better job of handling most of the healthcare needs > of
> > > most of the people at a reasonable cost.
> > >
> > > DS
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> > That's great. My experience in a French system was that it did fine for
> > everyday stuff: bandages, pain killers, antibiotics. Even then it could > be
> > a littel scary depending on the doctor you see. I was in an accident and
> > hurt my hand and wrist. No big deal, but I was rushed to the hospital in > a
> > scary ambulance ride (for sprain wrist!) and then when I got there, they
> > took my vitals and then took care of my hand. All went well enough until
> > the doctor saw my pulse rate. She thought is was too slow, dangerously > so,
> > and so perscribed some pills (in a plastic bag) to speed my heart up. > When
> > I got home I promply threw them away. I think my heart rate was in the
> > 50's, which is not too slow. I felt great. No different than I ever did. > >
> > A friend of mine had a more serious condition and even though he had the
> > money to see a private doctor, went to the clinic. He went home in a box
> > because they didn't misdiagnosed his condition.
> >
> > The problem was, in my view, that the best doctors wouldn't come near the
> > socialized system, which paid poorly and rationed care. You cannot avoid
> > the trade-offs of a socialized system and a private competitive system. A
> > private system will leave some behind. A socialized system will give
> > everyone less quality and quantity overall. It's true with any "product". >
> For a local example just look at the VA hospitals.
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Please stop abusing groups with your cross posts.
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When I think it is time to stop posting I will. It is not abuse. Have a good day.
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