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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:26 PM Original message |
Do Canadians really have to wait in long lines for health care? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Michael Moore showed us the truth. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I live in Northern Minnesota and the people I know who have been |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Ditto. I just moved to northern Michigan 3 blocks from the river that separates us. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Look at the results. When Canadians get old, then tend to move back to Canada. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. ...to be euthanized and eaten |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Don't believe the propaganda |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Exactly - the "lines" are something the right wing has thought up |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. And heaven knows..no one EVER waits in line here |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. right and anyone who uses the line excuse |
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Canadiana (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. No |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Canadian health care wasn't always public. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. the doctors fought it |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Interesting. Thanks for responding! |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I had to wait an hour at the ER once |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I had to wait a couple hours for stitches once. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sometimes, but ANYBODY, even those on Welfare, will get treated. |
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Canadiana (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yes in a very small town you would have to go to the ER |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. In the states, you are lucky to wait less than three hours |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. no kidding, what are crowded waiting rooms |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Those talking points are still around from the last time in 1993 and they haven't changed? |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Sadly those lines are still used |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. So print out some articles from that link I gave you that |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Send them to Sicko. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes. Sicko addresses this in depth by following everyday |
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LoveleeRita (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. well if it's shorter than my uncle's wait, I'd take it |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I believe that if the Canadians were |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Presumption not necessary, we are happy AND proud of our Health Care system. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. In the cold... |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. what's great about america is how poor black children |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. You're right, here's a common sight here in Canada: |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. LOL!! |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Yes, I heard their toilet paper is very rough on the ass |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. I hate that. every time I go, dead Canadians all over the place |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I know several people who've had knee surgery |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. crummier food? privatized only care about cutting costs to increase profit. nt |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Check this thread from the Canada forum. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. I heard that the doctors in canada see you even before you are sick |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. This old chestnut again |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just tell them what Hubby tells the docs he works with: |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You know theanswer to those stats from the right, yes? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. The next time someone tells you about the bad health care in Canada and Europe, say |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's the insurance companies not the healthcare system. |
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MadAnne (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. A lot of Americans don't have a line, long or short. n/t |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. in USA, I have to wait 6 to 8 weeks to get |
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