Democrats organize to fight back

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(11-22-2016, 04:04 PM)Galen Wrote:

(11-22-2016, 02:49 PM)Copperfield Wrote:

(11-22-2016, 07:56 AM)Odin Wrote:

(11-22-2016, 01:15 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: That's what happens when the government runs something.

I don't hear Canadians and Brits complain about spiraling healthcare costs.

I roll my eyes at all the BS excuses why single payer can't work in the US when it works just fine elsewhere.

People have to get over their fear of "government rationing" of healthcare. The market is itself a form of rationing, one based on the ability to pay, and which by it's very nature fucks over the poor.

That's odd because Canadians are in fact complaining about spiraling health care costs. It's really been quite a shit show for them over the past few years.

Then there are the waiting lists.  Eric the Obtuse hasn't actually talked with anyone from Canada about the actual state of their health care system.  Here is how it actually works:



Nothing like living in a socialist paradise.

The wait list meme is sophmoric horseshit.

Here's that and some other of your favorites -

5 Myths About Canadian Health Care

Wait times are a means to control costs.  If you want shorter wait times, then you either have to accept higher costs or other cost-control measures.   This is true in any nation, including the USA, using any health delivery system to the masses.  This is way it is hilarious that Trump and the GOP are promising only the goodies (no precondition, coverage for kids up to 26 on their parents' plan, etc) of Obamacare without any of costs (mandate, taxes on tanning booths, etc).

Maybe, just maybe, if we all grow up and get real, we might be able to actually solve some of our problems.