Happy Dog wrote:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "Happy Dog" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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I bet the first 35 years of my life on the Canadian system, and
it
worked
pretty damn well.

You ever need dialysis? Ever wonder what you would do if medical
attention
was available (for the person of your choice) and that you could
afford,
but
not allowed? Examples of this situation abound. Try to get a
non-emergency
MRI in Toronto within a year. Try to get dialysis (even just for
fun).
What did you bet on? What was your ante?

My father had a heart attack a few years ago, near Toronto.

That's hardly a non-emergency condition.

He got MRIs,
CAT scans, and surgery, all within a few hours. He was operated on
by a
world famous cardiac surgeon who has been profiled on the US
science show
"NOVA". Now he gets drugs that would cost thousands of dollars a
week.

Surgery within hours, eh? And drugs costing thousands per week? For
years?
Can you give us some more details on his condition?

So I anted my father's life, and won.

Compare and contrast with the US system, where my doctor has twice
referred me to chronic pain specialists only to have the insurance
company
turn me down. I've switched insurance companies, but they're all
in
collusion to treat chronic pain sufferers as nothing but whiners.
Oh, and
they wouldn't pay to treat the depression caused by the chronic
pain,
either. They're all a bunch of ****ing *******s, and they have the
entire
US political system in their pockets because politics runs on
money, and
they've made plenty by denying proper medical care even to those
lucky
enough to supposedly have coverage.

Got news for you. You wouldn't fare much better in Canada.
hd



Based on, exactly, what? Do you work for Transport Canada, Nav Canada?
Let's
hear it big mouth...

Zee