Scott Weiser wrote:
Anyway, I thought I'd update the socialist dogma thread since there's some
important news just out: Vincent Carrol of the Rocky Mountain News reports
that Canada's Supreme Court has struck down Quebec's ban on private health
insurance. Carroll says, "The court grandly announced, for example, that the
prohibition on private health care has resulted in 'physical and
psychological suffering,' including occasional deaths (which is certainly
true), and concluded that this violates Quebec's charter of rights."

He goes on to say, "The Canadian medical system amounts to moronic policy
and has become a liability to health."

Right on Vincent! Yet more proof that socialized medicine is a very bad
thing.
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It proves the American healthcare-pharmaceutical-insurance industrial
complex is not in crisis. Only patients are....

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Scott Weiser wrote:
Anyway, I thought I'd update the socialist dogma thread since there's
some
important news just out: Vincent Carrol of the Rocky Mountain News
reports
that Canada's Supreme Court has struck down Quebec's ban on private
health
insurance. Carroll says, "The court grandly announced, for example, that
the
prohibition on private health care has resulted in 'physical and
psychological suffering,' including occasional deaths (which is certainly
true), and concluded that this violates Quebec's charter of rights."

He goes on to say, "The Canadian medical system amounts to moronic policy
and has become a liability to health."

Right on Vincent! Yet more proof that socialized medicine is a very bad
thing.
--


It proves the American healthcare-pharmaceutical-insurance industrial
complex is not in crisis. Only patients are....


Patients do NOT count in the American system. PROVIDERS are happy so the
rest of the world can just go to hell.

george conklin wrote:
It proves the American healthcare-pharmaceutical-insurance industrial
complex is not in crisis. Only patients are....


Patients do NOT count in the American system. PROVIDERS are happy so the
rest of the world can just go to hell.

They only count as customers, rather shortchanged though.

"donquijote1954" wrote in message
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george conklin wrote:
It proves the American healthcare-pharmaceutical-insurance industrial
complex is not in crisis. Only patients are....


Patients do NOT count in the American system. PROVIDERS are happy so
the
rest of the world can just go to hell.

They only count as customers, rather shortchanged though.


Medicine is the only business where customers are kept waiting for hours
so the providers can run their offices any way they choose and you cannot
say anything about it or you are being 'rude.' You are supposed to sit
there for 1-2 hours and SMILE during your 3-minute quickie visit.

george conklin wrote:
"donquijote1954" wrote in message
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george conklin wrote:
It proves the American healthcare-pharmaceutical-insurance industrial
complex is not in crisis. Only patients are....


Patients do NOT count in the American system. PROVIDERS are happy so
the
rest of the world can just go to hell.

They only count as customers, rather shortchanged though.


Medicine is the only business where customers are kept waiting for hours
so the providers can run their offices any way they choose and you cannot
say anything about it or you are being 'rude.' You are supposed to sit
there for 1-2 hours and SMILE during your 3-minute quickie visit.

On the bright side they provide you with fancy magazines. Nobody will
questions a thief with such great attention to detail.

Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
Scott Weiser wrote:
: A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

: Query to Scott, who claims:
: ============
: the whole point of my statement in re health care is that it's wron to
: COMPEL someone to pay for another's bad habits, bad genetics or bad
: luck.
: ===========
:
: Scott, why is it NOT wrong to COMPEL someone to pay for another's bad
: habits, bad genetics or bad luck in areas other than heathcare? If it
: is not wrong to do so in areas other than healthcare, what might those
: areas be? Further, how/why do you make the distinction?
:

: Well, first, I said it IS wrong to compel someone to pay for another's bad
: habits, bad genetics or bad luck in re health care. This does not imply that
: it is otherwise acceptable to compel someone in other areas. This is the
: logical fallacy of the extended analogy and is a red herring argument.

Scotty;

First, I'm guessing "wron" is "wrong"... right?

The concept behind all insurance is some people are paying for someone
elses claim... otherwise, we'd all be paying cash every time we visit the
doc for anything... surgery too... same with car insurance, homeowners
insurance... life insurance...

You, your company (or your trust fund) pay $'s hoping that you will pay in
less than you use in services... We the taxpayers also help fund this because
Uncle Sam makes it a tax deduction for companies that are paying for all or
part of a employee's health insurance costs...

It's the same with taxes... when it comes to road taxes, smaller trucks
subsidize larger trucks, smaller cars subsidize larger cars like your hummer
(if you still have it) when it comes to paying for our nations roads.


If everybody had to pay their own way, this country wouldn't be worth
defending because you would be defending someone else.

If it is the Law of the Jungle, then it's the same law for EVERYTHING.

I think that sums it up nicely! BEAUTIFUL!

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george conklin wrote:
"donquijote1954" wrote in message
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george conklin wrote:
It proves the American healthcare-pharmaceutical-insurance
industrial
complex is not in crisis. Only patients are....


Patients do NOT count in the American system. PROVIDERS are happy
so
the
rest of the world can just go to hell.

They only count as customers, rather shortchanged though.


Medicine is the only business where customers are kept waiting for
hours
so the providers can run their offices any way they choose and you cannot
say anything about it or you are being 'rude.' You are supposed to sit
there for 1-2 hours and SMILE during your 3-minute quickie visit.

On the bright side they provide you with fancy magazines. Nobody will
questions a thief with such great attention to detail.

The magazines are all 2 years old.