A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Scott, in a confused daze:
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Most of the real problems in Canada's health care
system have been the result of right-wing politicians' meddling.

Yup. Exactly. The government controls and rations health care in
Canada.
That's what I've been saying all along. Thanks for confirming it!

Folks
like Mike Harris and Gordon Campbell have done a lot of damage to a
system
that used to work much better.

Yeah...when it was a free market system...
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When it was a free markey system, we had a system where the care you
got depended on your ability to pay.

Yup. Or on your ability to convince someone else to pay for your care based
on their altruistic instincts. Good system.

It was deemed, after considerable
debate, to be inferior to a system which would insure everyone.

Unfortunately, your experiment is failing, as socialistic systems always do,
because of the "free rider" syndrome.


There is currently about as much consensus as you'll get on any issue,
in a nation as diverse as Canada, that the fundamental principles of
equity inherent in our healthcare system are inviolable. We may look
for ways to improve it and look for efficiencies, but the principle is
unlikely to change.

It's just go bankrupt and be unable to provide *any* service.

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