Canadian Health Care

[GWB]

The Executive Summary:

The Top Ten Things People Believe About Canadian Health Care, But Shouldn't

Number One: Canada Has the Best Health Care System in the World

Number Two: The Canadian Public Loves Medicare

Number Three: Canadian Medicare Is Sustainable

Number Four: Single-payer, Canadian-style Keeps Costs Under Control

Number Five: More Cash Is the Solution to Medicare's Problems

Number Six: Under Medicare, People Get the Health Care Services That They Need

Number Seven: "Free" Health Care Empowers the Poor

Number Eight: Canadian Medicare Is Fairer Because No One Gets Better Care Than Anyone Else

Number Nine: Medicare-type Spending Is the Best Way to Improve Health

Number Ten: Medicare Is an Economic Competitive Advantage for Business


Each point is discussed in detail in the article.

[MelchyBeau]

In the words of the Minnesota Governer.

If their health care system is so bad, show me all the dead canadians.


Melch

[elwoodblues]

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In the words of the Minnesota Governer...

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Unfortunately what followed were not his words. Pawlenty wasn't refering to the health care system as a whole, rather, he was refering to just the medicine. He was responding to people claiming that Canadian drugs were unsafe, to which he responded that if they are so unsafe 'show me the dead canadians.'

[jakethebake]

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In the words of the Minnesota Governer...

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Unfortunately what followed were not his words. Pawlenty wasn't refering to the health care system as a whole, rather, he was refering to just the medicine. He was responding to people claiming that Canadian drugs were unsafe, to which he responded that if they are so unsafe 'show me the dead canadians.'

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And not saying that I agree or disagree with the whole drugs from Canada thing. But doesn't he realize that those drugs are shipped to Canada for the express purpose of then sending them to the U.S. They're never there for use in Canada.

[tanda]

No dead Canadians?

Really?

You believe this?

And, if we have a single-payer system, then there will be no dead Americans?

Is this your argument?

[jesusarenque]

Canadians live healthier, longer lives than Americans. They are doing something right.

[jakethebake]

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Canadians live healthier, longer lives than Americans. They are doing something right.

[/ QUOTE ]Evidence? Source?

[nicky g]

They certainly live longer:

Human Development Index

Whether they live healthier lives would take longer to find out and be more open to debate. However I would imagine it to be the case.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I'll take two years off my life if it means not having to pay for everyone elses healthcare.

[nicky g]

Fair enough.