Originally Posted by
maddyfish
B.S. The problem is you are paying a fortune for health care when you may be at very, very, very low risk. While people at very,very high risk pay the same amount through taxes.
Everyone should get the same treatment for their dollar. You pay on dollar, you get one dollar worth of service, white, black, rich, or poor.
I've been to the hospital in Canada, in Montreal to be exact. I left hobbling on my broken leg after 13 hours waiting with no service. Thank God I was only a short drive from the U.S.A.
Personally, I wouldnt mind spending more on taxes so that everyone could have healthcare. Dunno why. Guess Im not a ******nozzle.
Anyway, anecdotal evidence of the Canadian healthcare system doesnt mean much. I got taken care of quite promptly when I went in to get stitches. Infact, they treated me before they asked about my insurance, which some dickheads at the hospital here (Eastern Maine Medical, I got there lots. Its about a 50/50 chance whether you get treatment before filling out forms, even if you bleed on them.) had the gall to do when I came with no skin on the back of my ear and dirt literally ground into the entirety of the right side of my face. So everyone is going to have good and bad experiences. I'd prefer that atleast everyone have the option to go to a hospital and not be put into debt for years because of it.