Rex Murphy Canada Healthcare

Rex Murphy point of view in regards to Canadians Medicaid/health policy.
June 9, 2005

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[eimb1999]

@MrUsernamessuckalots : Yeah, well, maybe it's closer to fascism. But it is certainly cronyism.

[MrUsernamessuckalots]

@eimb1999 Good call, communism is when the government buys out private industry... Hold on a second... Buy out/bail out? Didn't the American government bail out private industry with taxpayers money? That's not a free society. That's communism.

And we've seen how well that works.

[EasyEs]

@darrenhol No we don't, they are almost identical for the elderly with the slight edge going to Canada and higher in the USA for young people.

[Counterbrilliance]

Rex Murphy is Christopher Lloyds Doppelganger...

[EuchridEucrow1]

@eimb1999

Communism occurs when the government controls the factors of production and private property is nonexistent. As a homeowner, I can assure you neither occurs in this country. We're a Social Democracy.

Most industrialized nations, with the notable exception of the United States, have some kind of public health care system in place. From Singapore to Japan to South Korea to England to Canada. Are these countries communist? Of course not. America is the exception, not the standard.

[EuchridEucrow1]

@eimb1999

No it isn't. The primary traits for Communism are that the government controls the factors of production - all of them - and private property is nonexistent. As a homeowner, I can assure you we're not talking about that.

We're a Social Democracy, which rejects Marxism and Bolshevism, as well as laissez faire. Most industrialized nations, with the exception of the United States, have some form of public health care system. From South Korea to Singapore to England to Canada.

[eimb1999]

@EuchridEucrow1 : So ypou think you have the right to elect a representative that will act as a thief in your stead to take money from others to get what you need?

That's not a free society. That's communism.

And we've seen how well that works.

[EuchridEucrow1]

If you're wealthy in the United States, obviously your options are expanded. if you're middle class or, God forbid, broke, you're screwed. Wealthy Canadians can already afford to travel to any place in the world and pay out of pocket for treatment. America is just across the border.

Last year, my cousin underwent a masectomy. The cost in the United States? $15,000. As a single mother, she could never have afforded an out of pocket expense like that. I thought of her when I read your comment.

[EuchridEucrow1]

@eimb1999

1/3rd of all bankruptcy in the United States come about because people are put out of pocket for medical expenses. The insurance companies, as is perfectly natural for any kind of private entity looking to increase profit, are notorious for denying claims. We have a plethora of former industry insiders that can attest to exactly this.

Americans, in general, are far less healthy than Canadians and live shorter lifespans. Keep your unbending dogma.

[eimb1999]

@darrenhol : You obviously didn't read what I said. or you didn't understand it. Either way, you're wrong. The problem with the US system is the same problem with all other syustems. The government has regulated it to death. Also, when people have a third party pay for their care, they get ripped off. Yes, that means insurance companies too, but socialized medicine just takes that same problem and compounds it with rationing. Wake up!