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Originally posted by Cowboy@Oct 26 2004, 12:02 AM
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@Oct 25 2004, 11:51 PM
Cowboy, do you have links for anything, and by links I don't mean Alberta Liberal Party leader quotes for we all know what those are worth (I misread the report, great leader there).# Ralph said he would do something, and he did it, there is no way around that. As for the Grade 9 Education thing I would have to disagree, it took a lot of testicular fortitude to do what he did in terms of bolstering the economy while cutting back on public spending.
Health care in shambles? There could be long wait times for a minor cut or what have you, but that is the same no matter where you go in Canada, in the United States, and well lets face it anywhere in the world really.
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Sorry I should know better, I will find a link, it was just in the paper not to long ago.... I will find it.
As for waits for minor cuts??? Pardon, I waited 4 hours for a heart condition by the time they saw me it had gone away....sorry I don't have a link for that though. But there are some pretty horrendous stories. My buddy sat with a broken arm for 3 hours. You would have been better off arguing that it has as much to do with the Federal govt as it does the provincial govt.
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How is throwing money at it going to solve the problem of wait times? We still need the staff. That takes time to find and hire. And if you do find the staff, the majority will be out of school grads. Not saying that out of school grads don't know what they are doing (since I will be one in a few months), but you still need experienced people to guide the new people.
What you will end up with, most likely is more over worked health care staff, that could lead to more accidents.
The better solution is a mix of private and public health care. Those that can afford it, and don't want to wait in lines, will go the private route. This will then in turn free up space at public places, reducing wait times.
Full publicly funded or privately funded do not work best for the people. There are no wait times in the US, but you pay through the teeh. Conversely, you don't pay anything in Canada, but you deal with long wait times. [/b][/quote]
Well spending money the right way does help the problem. You can afford to pay quality doctors so they do not go to the states, same with nurses. That eliminates your whole staffing argument. Its not like there isn't enough Med grads in Canada they are just going other places. I just don't think it is right that well to do families should have access to better health care, and that is what happens in the states. I am not however fully against privatizing some parts a medi-care, I just think your argument is poor