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Originally Posted by pylon
I have quite a few relatives south of the border and they don't run into the same issues we see here... ever.
Example, my dad's brother in Seattle went in for a routine checkup, doctor heard something off in his heart. He had a couple block arteries was in for a double bypass in 48 hours.
My dad had an aneurysm on his aorta, should have had surgery immediately, and waited 4 months. They only 'miraculously' got him in 2 days after my mother asked for all his charts and info as they were getting on an airplane and heading to Arizona to pay out of pocket to save his life.... as he was running out of time and hope. That is not sustainable.
With what most people would save in taxes, they would be able to more than afford insurance for care. For everyone else below that thresh hold, we need to figure it out, yes, I agree. But as it sits, higher taxes is not the answer.
I believe universal health care should be a right, but I also believe if you have the money to pay, there should be a system in place to accommodate you that doesn't involve getting on an airplane and going to another country. At least it keeps those 'greedy' doctors in Canada (if you don't know any personally, I can assure you, the majority aren't in it for the altruism.) and have the space available for people willing to jump to the second tier, and free up space in the public tier.
I don't even care about the taxes, keep them the same, and let me pay for luxury care should I wish to. Millions of people would do the same. And that will clear log jams in the public system and improve wait times for those that don't want to pay above and beyond. The caveat would be, you can't jump systems. You are in one, or the other with the exception of true emergency care.(Car accidents/heart attacks/my arm got chopped off etc, etc....)
If you are happy with the current cruddy system, great. If you aren't you should have options IMHO.
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Of course I'm not happy, which is why I try to convince anyone with ears to stop voting for the same #### over and over and over. Oh look, it's getting worse! Better put the muppets back in charge to finally fix what they say they will for decades. How's that working out?
Also, your last paragraph is fantasy that has been dispelled thousands of times. I'm not going to repeat why if you somehow still think it would work.