A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:


On 25-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

HOSPITALIZATION and SURGERY. It does
not, by law.

Which law? Provide proof.

The supplemental policies _do_ provide for hospitalization and
surgery. It is you who is too ignorant to accept the truth.

Nope, they at best provide supplemental cost coverage for items purchased
*during* government-rationed hospitalization and surgery. They do not
provide complete coverage which allows you to obtain hospitalization or
surgery on demand in a Canadian hospital. You still have to take your place
in the priority queue in order to be scheduled for hospitalization or
surgery. That your supplemental policy may pay for you to have a TV in your
room, when and if you ever actually get a room, is beside the point.

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Scott Weiser

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friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

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A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 25-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:


Prove it.

Ipse dixit, quod erat demonstrandum.

You prove nothing, as usual. Untol you start providing
proof of your claims, you will remain the only bull****ter
on this newsgroup.

Which would make you the avid consumer of bull****. What does that make you,
besides a stink-breath?

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Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

A Usenet persona calling itself KMAN wrote:

in article , Michael Daly at
wrote on 3/25/05 9:36 PM:


On 25-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

HOSPITALIZATION and SURGERY. It does
not, by law.

Which law? Provide proof.

The supplemental policies _do_ provide for hospitalization and
surgery. It is you who is too ignorant to accept the truth.

Mike

What's he trying to say Mike? That we can't have health insurance? Or that
it can't be used for hospital care?

Neither. I'm saying that no amount of health care insurance in Canada will
get you into a hospital or surgical suite ahead of anyone higher on the
priority list than you. That it may cover all sorts of things that Canada's
socialized medical system doesn't cover is beside the point. If you cannot
use your insurance to guarantee you a room or surgery when YOU need it, not
when the government decides to provide it to you, it's nothing more than
palliative and gives you nothing more than a few perks in the hospital,
provided you don't die waiting to be admitted.

My old medical insurance provided that I could go to any hospital in the
world and get immediate treatment, including admission and surgery as
necessary, without any delay, without any permission from anybody, and it
would pay the bills.

You only get to go into the hospital if some government bureaucrat decides
you "need" to do so, and you "need" to do so more urgently than somebody
else. If they don't think you "need" to be admitted, or if they don't have
room, you're ****ed, and you have to come to the US and pay the full price
for your care.

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Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

A Usenet persona calling itself Frederick Burroughs wrote:

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"This president has destroyed the country, the economy,
the relationship with the rest of the world.
He's a monster in the White House. He should resign."

- Hunter S. Thompson, speaking to an antiwar audience in 2003.

Thompson was a drug and alcohol-addled pundit of dubious talent lionized by
the left merely because he was willing to be outrageous.

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Scott Weiser

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A Usenet persona calling itself Michael Daly wrote:

On 25-Mar-2005, KMAN wrote:

What's he trying to say Mike?

He's trying to say that he's always right and everyone else is always
wrong.

Well, not everyone. But you, most certainly.

He believes that what he says is true without having to provide
any evidence. He is, in other words, a real asshole.

Pot, kettle, black.

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Scott Weiser

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friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

KMAN:
=============
I was quite surprised to find more slightly more smokers in Canada. I
bet a
lot of Canadians would be surprised by that, although I remember
encountering "smoke free" shopping malls in areas of the US long before
most
places in Canada caught on. I know the gap is only 2% but it still
surprised
me.
===============

I too was surprised by that stat. Interestingly (my anecdotal
observation only), the further east one travels in Canada, the more one
is likely to encounter smoking. Here on the left coast, smokers are
definitely an anomaly.

Wilf

Scott asserts:
==============
Neither. I'm saying that no amount of health care insurance in Canada
will
get you into a hospital or surgical suite ahead of anyone higher on the
priority list than you.
==============

And are you suggesting that there ought to be some sort of insurance
coverage that could get you higher on the priority list? Just curious.

frtzw906

Scott asserts (incorrectly):
=============
You only get to go into the hospital if some government bureaucrat
decides
you "need" to do so, and you "need" to do so more urgently than
somebody
else. If they don't think you "need" to be admitted, or if they don't
have
room, you're ****ed, and you have to come to the US and pay the full
price
for your care.
================

Scott, my doctor determines whether I get admitted to hospital. Several
members of my family have had cases where, upon diagnosis in the family
physician's office, they were IMMEDIATELY sent to the hospital. The
doctor phoned while they were enroute. Upon arriving, a bed was
available. Within 24 hours, surgery had been performed.

Not a single government bureaucrat involved. Oh, BTW, what would be the
official title of this gov't bureaucrat? I know of no such position
within the system: kommisar of hospital admittance LOL....

I hate to disappoint you, but doctors have considerable clout within
our system.

frtzw906

"BCITORGB" wrote in message
oups.com...
Scott asserts:
==============
Neither. I'm saying that no amount of health care insurance in
Canada
will
get you into a hospital or surgical suite ahead of anyone
higher on the
priority list than you.
==============

And are you suggesting that there ought to be some sort of
insurance
coverage that could get you higher on the priority list? Just
curious.
==========================
Apparently there already is, if you work for the feds, rcmp,
militay, or are covered by the workers comp board. They do get
to step out of line and go to private surgical clinics instead o
waiting like the rest o the minions...


frtzw906

On 26-Mar-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

There is no proof your "policy" exists to begin with, there is merely your
assertion that it does.

There is only an assertion by soem AP reporter that the law exists.

Fact is I have looked it up,

Fine - tell us where.

You're still full of ****.

Mike