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Originally Posted by ronbotx
In the Peoples Republic of Canuckistan, all people, both rich and poor, should continue to use the same substandard system, that is typical of socialized medicine... Private insurance, and free choice, must NOT be allowed.
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What the hell does that article have to do with what was being discussed? Privatising health care in Canada (far more that it currently is) isn't going to change the law that allows for living organ donors. That's an entirely different issuse...
The US spends a larger percentage of its GDP on medicine than Canada and there's still 45 million uninsurred; so it doesn't appear the the US system is all that shit hot either. Some Western European countries have private/public health care systems so maybe we should take a look at some aspects of theirs. Or we could just hire more doctors (at a rate proportional to the increasing population) and pay them at a competitive rate with their private counterparts instead of increasing the already obscene corporate welfare of 4 billion dollars. Giving the business community in Canada a tax break is one thing, but then turning around and giving certain companies (friends of the Prime Minister) charitable handouts is another - while at the same time claiming there isn't enough money left to increase health care spending by several million.