Preamble, I hate quoting myself.
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Originally Posted by simonsays
I'd also like to mention that waiting and watching to see if the Quebecois have it right is ridiculous; it would take almost a full generation to see their fruits ripen. We need to have more decisive on healthcare now, not 20 years from now.
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Originally Posted by Ashartus
I don't agree that it would take a full generation. The anticipated health care savings are primarily due to reduced multiple/premature births frequently associated with private IVF (as opposed to the public option that will I believe involve a single implantation). There should be some indication within at most a few years whether this will really save the health care system money.
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Actually that part of my post was just backing my previous post about IVF vs immigration/adoption as a method of creating taxable Canadians who weren't created via $20-50k operations funded by taxpayer money. It was an indirect re-referencing of this post.
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Originally Posted by ken0042
That child who cost $20-50K to create will end up putting in hundreds of thousands back into the tax system over the course of their lifetime.
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So I simply mean IVF kids cost $20-50k to produce + education financing before they can show us the upside of subsidizing this program. You are saying that by tackling this issue we would take it head on and effectively streamline the technology behind it, and that's ok. We're arguing different points.
I don't disagree with your opinion at all. But if this is going to get subsidized then we'd better get behind the 8 ball and make this the best place in the world for IVF, because if you can't charge foreigners for services duly rendered then who can you charge?