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Originally Posted by hulababy
If you want to see what a government run health care system looks like, you need go no further than countries like Canada or Great Britain. A sample of recent headlines from the three leading British newspapers, the Times, the Daily Mail and The Telegraph bear our warnings:
88 year old military vet with age-related macular degeneration of the eye which causes blindness if not treated was told he had to go blind before he would be treated with injections that would prevent blindness
Jr doctors are permitted to work only a 48 hr work week which results in a shortage of doctors and doctors' refusal to see patients after they have worked their limits
Dentists who have met their quota of patients for the year stop seeing patients because they do not get paid more for seeing more patients
Average wait of 7 weeks to receive diagnosis
Patients needing treatment in the U.K. head to Malaysia for treatment, which is now termed "medical tourism"
Canada's National Health Program is in no better shape than the English system according to reports from US observers
Socialized medicine is always a SINKING SHIP!!
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i have neighbors and friends here in the villages who are also canadian citizens. i hear no complaints about the healthcare system that they are part of. it is unconscionable that in this country there are many, many people without any healthcare options. the canadians that i know cannot understand how any civilized society would deny healthcare, and leave it all up to the individual. hats off to obama and the congress for passing the healthcare initiative; just think of how much better off we would be already if hilary clinton's plans had been put into place when she was first lady. we would already have healthcare for all!
