Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2108457)

No, the minority report is factual unless you think a majority of TOTV members think that healthcare in Ecuador is “excellent “

Originally Posted by Ecuadog (Post 2108476)

OK. I "think a majority of TOTV members think that healthcare in Ecuador is 'excellent'", ergo, your assertions are not factual. They are just plain snarky. Anything else you want to concede to my thoughts?

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2108532)

Are we all to take it that your individual opinion speaks for the majority??? ...

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2108533)

How does a "vacation" give anyone a basis for evaluating healthcare in any country???? You probably would need to get sick in that country, and then it is still only one individual experience.

Originally Posted by Ecuadog (Post 2108597)

You gave me that option. I took it.

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 2108628)

That might not be difficult to do. Take your pick from a list I found in The Journal of Travel Medicine (1992).

Cholera Typhoid/paratyphoid Tuberculosis Plague Brucellosis LeptospirosisTyphus Leprosy
Diphtheria Meningococcal disease Tetanus Parotiditis Syphilis/gonorrhea Diarrhea (allcauses)
Influenza Polio Yellow Fever Encephalitis (VEE) Rabies
Herpes Influenza Measles Mumps Rubella Dengue SIDA Leishmaniasis Chagas Malaria
Paragonimiasis Echinococcosis Onchocercosis Cysticercosis

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2108712)

Kudos!!!! You win the daily semantics and parse words award. :bigbow: :bigbow:

Originally Posted by Ecuadog (Post 2108767)

Gracias. Coming from you, it means a lot.

Originally Posted by ChrisTee (Post 2108413)

Cars - Carmax offered me 12% more than I paid for my SUV than I paid new in Feb. I ordered it, took 5 months to get here. I drove it across the US. Carmax is offering me 12% more now. Crazy times.

Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2108253)

Well, that is an Internet comparison, my wife and I lived there for 6 months over 2 years and first hand experience was that healthcare was excellent, available, and virtually free. We didn't just google or read some post, we went there while we were looking where to retire. The Villages won on several items, for one we both have VA healthcare with is also free, and local. Another is this is closer to my wives family, which is important.

Yes, America does have SOME of the best healthcare that money can buy, so some come here (not all, the best healthcare in the world is in Spain) but that best that money can buy, doesn't help the 40 million Americans that are citizens of the richest country in the world and can't afford and so don't have healthcare at all. I am glad you got yours, sucks to be them doesn't it. I know, I know, they ALL are lazy and made bad life choices. Such a Christian country we live in, where 6 million children go to bed hungry every night.

And by spiraling down, I meant if politics continue to spiral down, we will leave. This is no longer the welcoming friendly country I grew up in and at my age, I prefer to like my neighbors, which in Ecuador was easier to do.

Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 2117628)

Do they have Dunkin Donuts in Ecuador? Do they have a fourth of July?