Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-12 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Bosco, Thanks for your response and your comments to my post.  Since you are a reasonable and logical person, I am taking the liberty to explain my post. Partisans do not necessarily tell the truth or a lie.  Their distortions, as we see abundantly on Goanet, occurs when they express their 

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-12 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco D'Mello wrote: > Whatever search engine Mario is using, it seems he only finds right-wing, > conservative sources for his information. How very interesting!! Duh! The National Post? For those who are not aware of it, this is another one of those newspapers who publish articles with opin

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-11 Thread mgoveia
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:12:56 -0400 From: "Bosco D'Mello" First off, I'm grateful to Mario for proving me right as I had asserted towards the end of my previous post on this thread. Thank you Mario for being so predictable. Mario responds: Bosco, I am happy that you are grateful because

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-11 Thread Bosco D'Mello
-Original Message- From: Mario Goveia First off, I'm grateful to Mario for proving me right as I had asserted towards the end of my previous post on this thread. Thank you Mario for being so predictable. Moving on > Mario responds (excerpts) : > > "On the other hand, Bosc

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-10 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:41:54 -0400 From: "Bosco D'Mello" The 'respected' Fraser Institute is a right-leaning, conservative think-tank and registered charity. Mario responds: On the other hand, Bosco and his cronies are left-leaning, liberal individuals who have apparently never heard of a

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-09 Thread Bosco D'Mello
-Original Message- From: Gilbert Lawrence > Bosco, > > Darn those instant references, fact-checking, transcripts and video-links. > More increasingly, the right-wing is being caught red-handed lying about the > facts. > See below: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/05/rick-sanchez-

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-09 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I am not in favor, neither am I against a single payer (Canadian / British) health-care plan. The attached though makes one think carefully.  One of the difficulties of implementing a single payor plan or any efficient health-care plan is the following: The amount specified are dollars (with no

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-08 Thread Bosco D'Mello
-Original Message- From: Mario Goveia > Mario wrote: > 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 source

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-08 Thread Mervyn Lobo
marlon menezes wrote: > The problem with the US system is definitely not because > it is underfunded. Quite the contrary, the US spends a far > larger share of its GNP on health care than Canada. For a > variety of reasons, US health care is just too expensive for > the return one gets. > Fur

[Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-08 Thread mgoveia
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05:03:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Gilbert Lawrence Darn those instant references, fact-checking, transcripts and video-links. More increasingly, the right-wing is being caught red-handed lying about the facts. Finally they are getting around to acknowledging??... and... apologizi

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-08 Thread Mario Goveia
> 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/inter

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-07 Thread marlon menezes
--- On Sun, 6/7/09, Mervyn Lobo wrote: > Folks, > For those who are not aware of it, the Canadian health > care system is funded by the > Federal Govt AND the province you live in with most > services provided by private entities. > As a frequent user of the system, I am totally satisfied > wi

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-07 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco D'Mello wrote: > It is true, the Canada Health Act [1] does not serve 100% of Canadians, > 100% of the time.!!! However it appears that Mervyn is speaking from personal > experience. While the Canada Health Act was instituted by the the Canadian > parliament (federal), its implementation

[Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-07 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Bosco, Darn those instant references,  fact-checking, transcripts and video-links. More increasingly, the right-wing is being caught red-handed lying about the facts. Finally they are getting around to acknowledging  ... and... apologizing, in some cases. See below: http://www.huffingtonpost.c

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-06 Thread Bosco D'Mello
-Original Message- From: Mario Goveia >> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:01:39 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Mervyn Lobo >> >> Looks like the US focus is on the costs of providing medical services. >> This is a significant difference from the Canadian focus which is?on >> providing >> a quality life styl

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-05 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:01:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Mervyn Lobo Looks like the US focus is on the costs of providing medical services. This is a significant difference from the Canadian focus which is?on providing a quality life style for its residents. Mario responds: I wonder if Mervyn has sp

Re: [Goanet] The state of US capitalism and Ayurveda medicine

2009-06-04 Thread Mervyn Lobo
marlon menezes wrote: > If high quality medical services can be provided in India, then why not? The > cost structure in the US, specially for > medical care is way out of whack. > As a fraction of GDP, the US pays 50% more than the UK (or around 60-70% > > more on a per capita basis), but yet,