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Old 04-02-2007, 04:53 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89 View Post
If it only costs $600-800, it's kinda like windshield insurance. There's no point to insure diagnostics when it only costs a few hundred dollars for once every blue moon that you need it.

Another big myth of the Socialist healthcare system in Canada is that people will go broke by paying for diagnostics and GP check-ups. One of the usual complaints by NDP-like people is that low-income single mothers can't afford to pay for check-ups for their children. My response is $50-75 per checkup = Three weeks of Number 7s, Peter Jacksons, or Canadian Classics. If you choose poorly its not everyone elses fault.
While I obviously agree with you on choices and the inherent BS involved in pro socialist healthcare propaganda... health insurance is more like a warranty than glass insurance on cars. Warranties are based on the assumption that some cars will warrant no work at all, while some will require more work, and its all intended to keep people feeling confident, and to be return customers. So is healthcare insurance. Some people will never need to use most of the insured services, while some people will use them more often. MRIs, X-Rays, Ultrasound etc. are crucial in proper diagnosis and treatment. Without these, our doctors may as well be in the middle ages.

In other words, what's the point of healthcare coverage and yearly payments in the thousands of dollars, if one has to make a choice between paying out of pocket again, or waiting a ridiculous period of time. I don't think many people would object to paying a little more for some actual coverage on things they might actually require.

Right now what we have is a healthcare system that works like a lifetime warranty that we pay for every year in premiums and tax, except we have very few dealerships, and many major components and diagnostics aren't covered. Its positively dysfunctional.
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