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Originally Posted by Red Mile Style
I would like to know where this money, you claim is being thrown at the problem, is coming from? Because it sure isn't coming from the government...
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/healthcare/
Read here...
41 billion over the next 10 years. EDIT: My bad.
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And you do realize that it would obviously cost the same per capita, if not less, as it does for Canadians?
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It already costs the US per capita more then it does Canada. It also costs the US more as a percent of their GDP, and more US government revenue as a percentage is spend on health care, then any of the other top 7 countries in regards to life expectancy.
So if the US spends around 14% of their GDP on Health Care, and provides only 44% of the people in the US with that health care, they would have to almost double the amount they spend as a percent to the GDP. So from 14% you get 28%, and around 3-4 trillion dollars. Talk about going a rising debt and deficit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada
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You're making predictions without looking at history or the facts. This first province in Canada that installed medicare was governed by the NDP and balanced the budget. For the past number of years Canada has maintained it's public health care while LOWERING the defecit. If there is a country on this planet that CAN afford public health care, it is the US.
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I never said they couldn't afford it. The cost would just be huge.
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Right, and Canada is a much more socially progressive nation so raising taxes to strengthen the military doesn't bode well with many citizens.
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What does socially progressive have to do with supporting the military?
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And it's for reasons like this I am glad there is an NDP, so people like you will never gain complete control of this country and everything that is great about it.
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And I'm also glad the NDP will never get into power.