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| Thu, 07-22-2004 - 7:15pm |
I wonder how many of you have had to live without health insurance? You say that health care is not a right? NO WONDER! You have always had a place for the bills to go other then your mailbox! How many of you have ever asked what the actual cost of your prescriptions are? Do the math! Do you have any idea what it is like to call around from doctor to doctor trying to find one who would see you WITHOUT insurance? Have you ever stood at your doctor office and humbly asked for samples instead of a prescription because u know that your $360 check wont stretch enough to cover your $280 med bill AND the doctor appt. Don't even mention medicaid! If you make enough money to buy food and scrape by...you do not qualify.
Go ahead and be technical but if you ever run into some bad luck you will see things in an entirely different light!
Go ahead and be technical but if you ever run into some bad luck you will see things in an entirely different light!

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"you" is translated as "tu" if you say for example "Tu es grand" (You are tall) but not when 'you' is the "object".
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I'm sorry to hear that. The reality is, no system is perfect and there are flaws in both the Canadian one AND the American one. Doctors are also human and can make mistakes on both sides of the border.
My purpose in posting in this thread is to shed some light on our system rather than bash yours (there ARE most definately some advantages to profit-driven healthcare....if not, Viagra would still be a gleam in a scientist's eye ;o) I still feel that our system is a good one that serves more people very well than it lets down. Admittedly it needs some fine-tuning. We do have particular problems to address and overcome (as we will always have because society is ever changing and so is the science of medicine) Some of these issues are:
an aging population, rising costs for the latest technology and equipment, regional disparities related to our huge land mass and sparse population (I wonder how a for-profit health system would respond to building a clinic in the far reaches of the North complete with modern equipment? Not much money to be made there...I somehow think that regional disparities will still exist, particularly without a government that at least TRIES to make sure that EVERYONE has access to healthcare).
Am I correct to assume you are American? I suppose that my lifelong experience might trump yours. ;o)
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yes, the US gives a lot of foreign aid. This being said, proportional to its GDP, Canada gives much more. But this isn't really an issue for me here. My point was simply that this is what WE think is a priority for making the world safer.
We DO fully support fighting terrorism. I supported Desert Storm, and I supported action in Aghanistan. When we believe that a war is justified, we support it. Canada joined in to fight the Nazis BEFORE the US did. We didn't wait to be attacked. We choose our battles differently.
There are different ways to fight terrorism. Think of the UK. Do you hear much more about the IRA these days? Do you think that the fact that Ireland's economy is thriving has anything to do with it? On the other hand, what has happened in Israel? That is still going on after DECADES. Maybe the US should not emulate Israel's ways of dealing with terrorists?
Remember Canada did actually deal with terrorism - very briefly in the 70's. It was a Quebec terrorist group - called the FLQ. But quick and appropriate action made it extinct very quickly, with no further bloodshed.
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Sondra!
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<< I suppose your single experience makes you the whole military? >>
No, but I don't believe it can be discounted, either. Been around the world (US, Europe, Middle East) and we have known & met many soldiers, both American & Foreign. We did not live in a vacuum. And, even though retired, my husband continues to work for the military in a civilian capacity. We are not out of the loop.
From message #:3449.48 << do you know all the liberals? >> Do you?
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