A Usenet persona calling itself bearsbuddy wrote:


"Michael Daly" wrote in message
...
On 24-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Does it insure you for hospitalization and surgery? If so, it would
appear
to be illegal under Canadian law.

Really? How about identifying the specific bill and section of the bill
that states what the law is so that we can verify?

This is the Usenet, where truth is a particularly rare commodity.

Well, from you sertainly.

It's up to you to prove me wrong if you can.

I've proved you wrong many, many times. However, it remains up
to you to prove your assertions - you make a claim, you back it up.

Or perhaps you're lying, or are merely too stupid to know what your
policy
actually covers.

I know - you don't. You've never let your ignorance prevent you from
posting bull****. I know what the policy covers, since I've had
to make claims against it in the past. You're talking bull****, as usual.

Mike

Another lie by Scottie-poo debunked:
http://www.insurance-canada.ca/consp...pplemental.php

Sorry, your link is unpersuasive. The question is whether Canadian
supplemental health insurance covers HOSPITALIZATION and SURGERY. It does
not, by law.

If you disbelieve the story I cited, blame the AP, not me. But before you do
have a look at this:

"Over the last 30 years, say critics, Canada's socialized health care system
-- known as medicare -- has destroyed what was arguably the second-best
health care system in the world, next to the U.S.

Rationing of health care by waiting is becoming increasingly common, and
there are shortages of hospital rooms and doctors. For instance, Ontario
recently conceded it needs an additional 1,000 doctors, and according to the
New York Times, 23 of Toronto's 25 hospitals had to turn away ambulances one
day in January. Finally, an official at Vancouver General Hospital estimates
that 20 percent of heart attack patients, who should be treated in 15
minutes, are waiting an hour or more for care."

Source: Editorial, "Tired of Socialized Medicine," Investor's Business
Daily, January 26, 2000.


"Twenty Myths About National Health Insurance

NCPA Policy Report #166
December 1991" *


"Countries with national health insurance make health care "free" to
patients and at the same time limit spending and access to modern medical
technology. As a result, there is widespread rationing, bureaucratic
inefficiency and a lower quality of care.

When access to modern medical technology is rationed, who receives care?
Mounting evidence suggests that the wealthy, the powerful and the
sophisticated find ways of moving to the head of the waiting lines, while
the poor, the elderly, racial minorities and rural residents wait longer.
€ Studies show that the Inuits (Eskimos) and Crees in Canada and
the Maoris in New Zealand receive less health care and have worse health
outcomes than other citizens of those countries.

€ The most recent studies of kidney dialysis show that more than a
fifth of dialysis centers in Europe and almost half in England have refused
to treat patients over 65 years of age.

€ Studies in almost every country with national health insurance
find that low-income families often have less access to care in relation to
their need for it than higher-income families.

....

Canadian provincial governments restrict modern medical technology to
hospitals, usually in large cities, and actively discourage outpatient
surgery. Rural residents must travel to the cities for the services of most
specialists and for most surgical procedures. But considering the
inconvenience of travel and the fact that specialized services are rationed
by waiting, how often do rural residents actually get care? Consider that:
€ Total per capita spending on physicians' services among British
Columbia's 30 regional hospital districts varies by a factor of six to one,
and spending on the services of specialists varies by a factor of 12 to 1.

€ Spending varies by a factor of almost 4 to 1 for
obstetrical/gynecological (OB/GYN) services, 8 to 1 for the services of
internists and 35 to 1 for the services of psychiatrists."


Lots more interesting stuff at the source:
http://www.ncpa.org/~ncpa/studies/s166/s166.html
--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

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