> Mario wrote: > > I wonder if Mervyn has spoken with any Canadians before writing this. > If he had he would have discovered that the Canadian quality life style > includes being put on a medical waiting list for anything more serious > than a hang nail: > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/international/americas/26canada.html > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 00:45:01 -0400 From: "Bosco D'Mello" <[email protected]>
Personally, seeing how the Health system here in Ontario is benefiting my friends (that includes non-active Goanetters), I have no hesitation in seconding Mervyn. Canada's Health Act is working well for the people I know. I'm sure there are exceptions. But in today's world of instant information to draw attention to an article from 2006 is indicative of........outdated facts!!! Get with the times, Mario........2-0-0-6!!! Geeez!!! Half of 2009 is almost oThe NY Times article that Mario refers us to talks about Dr Brian Day, a Canadian private health-care promoter. He hates the Canada Health Act as he cannot profit enough on account of it. Greed? Perhaps. Dr Brian Day is opposed to the Canada Health Act as he is prefers the "for profit" model. Is it any surprise that Mario is tooting Day's horn............mind you from 2006. ver. Canadian Health System - Its better to hear first-hand from a Canadian, rather than a cut-and-paste American!!! Mario responds: Hey, Bostiaon, Kitem mhontai, re? Why do you embarrass yourself like this? Haven't you learned by now that I do my homework before spouting off. I would highly recommend this procedure to you and your crony in Toronto who told us about the Canadian government's goal was to provide quality life styles. You guys must think the rest of us just got off the plane. Re. your concluding comment in the excerpt above, it all depends on the Canadian, doesn't it? Don't you think that a cut and paste American using facts provides far better information than Canadian left wing propagandists who admit to being socialists and their cronies for whom anyone who wants to make a profit is "GREEDY"? Surely, if Dr. Brian Day, whom you tried to demonize above, REALLY wanted to make a profit he would have moved to the US long ago as so many other "greedy" Canadian physicians have done. Perhaps you should have checked with a few more people than your friends and Mervyn's friends and relatives whose views you claim to represent. To the rest of Goanet, Bosco, who lives in Canada, as does Mervyn, says the information I posted from 2-0-0-6 is "outdated" and tries to ridicule me for posting it!! Well, I just chose that one article from a plethora of sources on the wonders of the Canadian health care system and thus unintentionally provided Bosco with the bait to embarrass himself:-)) To be fair to myself, I DID say the FREE Canadian health care system works great for hang nails, and probably for coughs and colds and other simple procedures that are non-life-threatening as well. I wonder if information from March 26, 2009 written by serious Canadians who actually study these things as compared with the supposed ad hoc views of friends and relatives, will make a better impression on Bosco, or will he resort to demonizing the messenger again. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS107447+26-Mar-2009+PRN20090326 Excerpt: The U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health should take note of Canada's experience, where a government run, single-payer health care system burdens citizens with lengthy wait times for surgery and other treatments, says a leading Canadian health economist. "Americans who seek to use Canada as model for reforming their health care system need to be aware that a single-payer health care system like Canada's results in unacceptably long waits for medical procedures," said Nadeem Esmail, Fraser Institute director of health system performance studies and co-author of the 18th annual edition of Waiting Your Turn: Hospital Waiting Lists in Canada. "In spite of large increases in health spending, wait times in Canada are 86 percent longer now than they were in 1993 and are having a considerable impact on the well being of Canadians." [end of excerpt] Hey, Bosco, I wonder if Nadeem Esmail is as "greedy" as Dr. Brian Day:-)) Here is another interview with Nadeem Esmail published Y-E-S-T-E-R-D-A-Y. http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2008/01/29/News/Exclusive.Interview.Nadeem.Esmail.Fraser.Institute.Director.Talks.Healthcare.Re-3172776.shtml
