Really? Not as good. Average age of death in Canada is lower, infant mortality is lower. A 2007 meta-analysis compared health outcomes in Canada and the US in a Canadian peer-reviewed medical journal. The study found that "health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States, but differences are not consistent." http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/8/1
Then again you can look at price of medication (cheaper in Canada btw) - or why do you think all those seniors are trying to smuggle their meds across the border regularly. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:46 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd argue, and from personal experience, that Canada's health care system > is not as good or as responsive as our own. > > I have an idea, you want 100% health care. Bring back mandetory > conscription across the board. > On Feb 14, 2013 1:43 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> > wrote: > >> >> That is very untrue G. You can go to the ER, but the ER dose not provide >> meds if you can't afford them because you have no insurance and have to pay >> full price. ER's just treat the immediate issue. If you have a chronic >> illness and have no insurance, you are fucked. Not all areas have charity >> health care systems. People with money don't die because they can't afford >> healthcare...Period. Healthcare systems in Canada, the UK, Scandanavia, >> and >> Germany have shown to be very effective. If you think people in the >> insurance industry care if you live or die, you are smoking some good shit. >> They have whole departments that dedicated to finding ways to deny claims >> so >> you can't afford to get treatment so they can make a higher profit. That >> is >> fact...not hyperbole. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:27 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Latest News on the The Affordable Care Act >> >> >> A lot of Americans WITH money die. >> >> This scenario often painted of Americans lying outside hospital doors and >> dying on their doorsteps because they've been turned away, is a bit of a >> hyperbole. Yes, the question of adequate health care for low or no income >> citizens is a problem....it's a problem EVERYWHERE.....but the American >> system is no more or less devoid of it's moral imperative to care for it's >> citizens than any other country. There is no big bad group of people in >> this >> country who just want to see poor people die and go away. >> >> There are genuine differences in ideas about the best way to get the best >> care to the most amount of people for the least amount of cost. People who >> oppose the Affordable Care Act are NOT uncaring monsters.....they are >> people >> with genuine concerns...and there are a LOT of them. >> >> History has shown us that giving everything to everyone simply doesn't >> work...conversely, relying solely on "the market" to take adequate care of >> everyone, is equally flawed because you just can't view people as >> "commodities". >> >> Statements like "yeah, it really sucks that you still die in America if you >> don't have enough money" may get you high fives as your next vegan lunch >> date, but it's somewhat petty and myopicw hen you consider the reality. >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Yeah. It really sucks that you still die in America if you don't have >> > enough money. >> > >> > The US should look at the Scandinavian states and try to emulate them. >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
