minor quibble - health care in Canada is a provincial matter. So it's Ontario negotiating on behalf of all of Ontario, Manitoba on behalf of all of Manitoba, etc. That's also why (if anyone has wondered) Larry and I have somewhat different pictures of how well the system works up there. Our experiences ae with different provinces. And yes, in Ontario, it is not at all unheard of for people to wait a very long time for a given procedure.
Dana On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:05:05 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's the Medicare debate. You laugh, but that's essentially what you get in > many parts of the world. Not that people over 55 get denied drugs or medical > procedures, but you get long waiting lines for medical care. The advantage, > of course, is better control of costs. The reason Canada has cheap > prescription drugs is that the Canadian govt can negotiate on behalf of the > entire country and get the best rates. > > Did anyone see the piece on TV over the weekend about the big hospital in > Bangkok? Very cool- Western standard hospital with mostly U.S. certified > physicians where you can get care for about 20% of the cost of U.S. care. > Lots of Americans, Canadians, Europeans, Arabs, wealthy Asians. 350K > non-Thais every year are getting care there. They offer every kind of > procedure you could want. > > >I have a better solution... stop giving those over 55 drugs to stay > >alive. If they come down with cancer, tough. No cemo, no medication. > > If they fall and break a hip, o well! No hospitalization, no > >surgery. > > > >Stop keeping people alive... If it is time for them to go, let them go > > > >;-) > > > > > >On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:51:56 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148142 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
