the main difference between canada and the US is who and why is policy written ... in the US, corporations decide everything so, when it comes to health care ... it's all about everyone profiting and getting their piece of the pie ... that means hospitals overcharge, pharmaceuticals over-prescribing, insurance companies charging premiums ... everything is privatized and every piece of the puzzle wants to maximize profit ... that is why the US spends the most on health care than any other country ...
when health care is done in the interests of public interest and not profiteering ... it's a different model altogether ...
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I get stymied a bit at the comparison between Canada and the US
when it comes to this type of issue, as is done here in this thread.
The US is three times as large in population... not counting the illegal immigrants
which surely have an effect on our healthcare system.
The US has more than three times as many on aid
that the government pays for their healthcare etc already.
The US has a much different position in the world arena also.
My opinion what works for Canada probably wouldn't for the US due to the sheer numbers
of those in need. The feasibility is not that of our northern neighbors.
No such easy answer for us as Canada enjoys, this a complex issue with corporations and money
the driving force.
I don't blame our President and won't blame future Presidents it's the basis of the
system we the people allow. Compromise must be met here on health as with all our issues
but when big money leads the way there is no compromise in my opinion.
I just said I was glad I didn't have to worry about stuff like this because I'm from Canada. I didn't offer any commentary on it, nor did I make any comparisons.... Of course, maybe if the billions and billions and billions and BILLIONS of tax dollars that go to paying for military actions and wars overseas that no one agrees with weren't getting spent, there would be plenty of money to put towards universal health care in America no matter what the population is. Plus, there are plenty of countries with larger populations that Canada's with systems where people don't go broke from being sick. The US is the only modern country where people can get rich directly from denying health care. Just sayin'.
I have been thinking a lot about this line of funding for universal health care...if you are spending nearly twice as much as you take in, whether it be on war or healthcare...does that solve the problem we are facing right now? We can move the pieces around all we want (valid arguments or not), but if you don't take any of those pieces off the board completely and re-think not only the value of deficit spending but also what the role of the federal gov't in relation to the states needs to be, we are all heading off the cliff. Universal healthcare won't matter if the gov't cannot pay its bills because our debt is no longer purchased by foreign nations and investors
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I have been thinking a lot about this line of funding for universal health care...if you are spending nearly twice as much as you take in, whether it be on war or healthcare...does that solve the problem we are facing right now? We can move the pieces around all we want (valid arguments or not), but if you don't take any of those pieces off the board completely and re-think not only the value of deficit spending but also what the role of the federal gov't in relation to the states needs to be, we are all heading off the cliff. Universal healthcare won't matter if the gov't cannot pay its bills because our debt is no longer purchased by foreign nations and investors
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan