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Health Care in America
Mar 16, 2008 | 9:19 AM
Category: Political
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I have had the priviledge of living in both countries.  I am a firm believer in universal health care.  When I came to America, I was very upset with the price of health care.  In Canada we have never paid for Dr.s visits or for that matter anything pertaining to health care.  People get upset over something they know nothing about.  All they hear are the bad things like having to wait for CAT machines, or hip and knee replacement.  In the real world emergencies come first, which is the way it should be.  Our taxes cover the cost of health care.  In retrospect, we may be higher taxed but the cost of living in Canada is higher.  It all balances out in the end.  United States is the only country without universal health care.  It upsets me to see older men and women who have to work past 65 just to survive.  I met a women whose husband had cancer and had to sell their home to pay for it.  They worked their entire lives to be able to retire with dignity.  Her husband passed away and left her with a hefty debt to pay.  How sad for the many people like her.  Canada is in a transition right now, shutting down hospitals that run in the black and opening up new and more efficient hospitals.  Within 5 years the entire health system will be changed for the better.  Canada also does a lot of research like the United States.  As a matter of fact, Toronto Sick Childrens hospital has done surgeries on kids from all over the world and United States for free.  They are world renowned for their medical innovations.  Take it from one who knows and lived it.
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Jumpy983 read my blog view my photos
Mar 16, 2008 | 11:15 AM

I'm respectfully wondering why you are living here then? I'm wondering if it was because the cost of living was too high up there as you stated. Gimme a good reason to vote for universal health care because when my hubby lost his job, I had one he11 of a time getting Medicaid (I was 6 mos pregnant already and we lost our private insurance) which is government run and the quality of service was nowhere NEAR what my private insurance provided. I can't wait until his new insurance kicks in next month.
shorty62 read my blog
Mar 18, 2008 | 6:22 AM

That is an excelent point jumpy,why are you here then??? Does the health care system make up that much of a difference to offset the cost of living?? I have a good friend from Manchester England and has duel citizenship he says the health care system there is primarily the same as Canada he goes back only when he needs a dentist or major surgery but would never live their again because the taxes that support the system takes 50% of your money.If you do not have some kind of flat tax system so you know everybody pays taxes how do you control illeagles and goverenment vampires sucking off your hard earned money that YOU paid the taxes on.
welshtaff read my blog view my photos
Mar 19, 2008 | 7:50 PM

I'm and ex Brit, the problem there is that when the British Empire collapsed, anyone in the Empire was allowed to enter Britain if they wished, the streets were paved with gold, everything was free including money (welfare) you didn't have to work.
So it overloaded the country and its financial state and most of it even today the people of Britain are paying for the mistake.
At one time Britain had the best social services in the world, no one had to wait.
shorty62 read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 8:21 AM

Ok but what about now and does it not compare to the same healthcare system of Canada ??
eriknami read my blog
Mar 20, 2008 | 9:03 AM

I have also had the privelege of living in both countries. One of the reasons I moved was to get away from Canadas substandard health care. My father was diagonosed with life or death illness that only need operation to fix. He died 6 months later awaiting the op. Two months later, it was scheduled. Great health care. I am a licensed insurance agent. I know of many affordable good plans. Affordable to anyone willing to GET A JOB. They say 44 million Americans are not covered by health plan. What they don't add is about 20 to 22 million are illegal aliens. About 5 million are between ages of 18 and 25, can afford it but don't because they feel they don't need it. About 5 million that are too lazy too get a job, they would rather live off me and you.
Jumpy983 read my blog view my photos
Mar 20, 2008 | 12:33 PM

great point erik
welshtaff read my blog view my photos
Mar 21, 2008 | 7:42 PM

SOS in Canada........
signal12 read my blog view my photos
Mar 24, 2008 | 9:52 AM

Keep Working Millions on Welfare depend on You!
ReverendCirca53 read my blog view my photos
Mar 26, 2008 | 10:04 PM

I suggest that you go to the (CBC.ca )site and take another look at their system...It's falling apart. Canucks have to wait 6 months a year for cardiac surgerys or die waiting..or they come to the states and get taken care of.The hospitals here in Mich. are stuffed with Canadians.....
aschelan read my blog view my photos
Apr 2, 2008 | 8:04 AM

All I know is that I woke up one morning unable to walk. As the working poor, I woke my husband up to drive me to work (Yes, I was still planning to work even though I COULD NOT STAND UP!!!) He took me to the hospital, where I had a lovely 32 hour stay, mega test and more blood drawn then I had in my four pregnancies.
We are a family of 6, with three working adults (Hubby and oldest daughter and myself) and we don't quilify for any governemnet help, but we also can't afford the Health insurence offered by my job and neither of their jobs offer!

I now have a hospital bill that is more than I make in a year and a half at my job. I have two bill from the doctor's I saw twice for less than 5 minutes that I will need to work 6 weeks to pay, and sadly, I will need to work another 6 weeks to pay off the MRI, CAT, SPinal and the bloodwork. (Yes, the doctor's are being paid the same amount as ALL of my testing for working 20 minutes total, I say get rid of the doctor bills and pay the nurses, I saw a heck of alot more of them).

I don't know if a universal health care system would work, but I do know that something has to be done about what we have!!! The so called affordable health care is anything but affordable.

Oh and on a positive note, all my testing ect... makes this a pre-existing condition. So, with the system the way it is set up now, I would bve better off (atleast medically) to quit my job. I would be under the poverty level which would let me get medicaid and foodstamps.

Just my two cents worth
aschelan read my blog view my photos
Apr 2, 2008 | 8:38 AM

Just a little something about my last comment, I have no intent on quitting my job. Although medically it would make things easier, I find it sickening the amount of able bodied people/immigrants/baby factories who are abusing the system.

I may be the dying class of the working poor, but I still have the pride of paying all of my bills, on time, with money I worked my @$$ off to EARN....I am all for helping those who are willing to help themselves, but welcome to America, here is your food stamp card, glad I work so hard for you to enjoy that steak!
coyote3 read my blog
Apr 2, 2008 | 6:33 PM

aschelan, you are exactly right. America is a fantastic place to live if you are poor or if you are very wealthy. But the middle, working class, who are above or just at the poverty line can get nothing. It's a broken system with consequences that our fore-fathers never imagined. It needs to be changed and whoever decides to change it will be the person I will vote for in the election.
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