[redforever]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

What?

Great. I hope that we have the degree of social health care that I flat out mentioned earlier in this thread. A system that works, and dignifies universal health care as a legitimate institution. I should hope we aspire to follow a similar system that the WHO has ranked 21 European countries ahead of Canada's in their 2000 WHO World Health Report (with the US being way down below Canada at 37th). Don't you agree?

Never did I say private was bad; all I'm saying is that, in a properly-funded public system, we shouldn't need to have to resort to private clinics. If, by and large, the government is insuring health care in private clinics to relieve the stress of longer wait times, then so be it, as I have made blatantly clear in this thread. I just don't think its an absolute pre-requisite. Private clinics have arguably responded as a band-aid to certain aspects of the current system. By no means is it legitimate as a sole provider, and certainly you cannot put a price (and again arguably a profit) on people's health. Thank god for state insurance that provide us the financial backing for such opportunities.

Azure and redforever, please go back and read Lanny's links; I think you might get alot out of it.

Calm down.

I fail to see what Lanny's links have to do with my comments?