Newfoundland Premier Travels to US for Healthcare

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...avels-to-us-for-heart-surgery/article1452524/

The heart and soul of Newfoundland politics is in for repair – and it's not in his home province or even in Canada, for that matter.

Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams is scheduled for heart surgery in the United States, a move that throws into question his province's and his nation's health-care system.

A source confirmed to The Globe and Mail late Monday that Mr. Williams has left St. John's for an undisclosed destination in the U.S. to have heart surgery later in the week.
 
Let me get my head around this. This guy leaves the great government run healthcare system in his own country to come to the US to receive the sub-standard healthcare that we provide on a pay-as-you-go basis? Interesting.
 
HUGO STIGLITZ said:
Where is " thousandth American dies in the street of a heart attack?"

People who don't believe in UHC are no better than common thugs.
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People believe in universal coverage, not universal care. There is a difference. People who have a healthy view of the limitations of socialism believe that one-size fits all care isn't something that is even adequate, let alone a goal we should seek, to replace some of the best care in the world.
 
leaningright said:
Let me get my head around this. This guy leaves the great government run healthcare system in his own country to come to the US to receive the sub-standard healthcare that we provide on a pay-as-you-go basis? Interesting.
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I assure you, LR, if you walked in the door at the clinic he went to they'd call security to throw out the riff-raff who's offending the rich guys.
 
HUGO STIGLITZ said:
Where is " thousandth American dies in the street of a heart attack?"

People who don't believe in UHC are no better than common thugs.
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Well if those "people in the street" were in Newfoundland, they would have died in the street because though the care is free, it is not available, hence why he came here.
Neither system is perfect but just about everyone would opt for the system where you could get care if you even have so much as a basic job versus the one where you get care "free" in the form of higher taxes but does not have the technology nor the availability to actually save your life.
 
HUGO STIGLITZ said:
If 36th counts as best.
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That is measured by less than a year difference on the average lifespan. A bad measure indeed. Imagine if everybody had coverage (rather than trying to cover everybody with crappy care they just actually tried to cover people who didn't have it)... We'd absolutely kill on that average.

You also have to remember that in the US we count any child who has taken even one breath as "alive" and this cuts into our average lifespan. If we measured infant mortality the same way the European nations do we'd still kill that average even without covering the 5% who aren't covered...
 
Damocles said:
People believe in universal coverage, not universal care. There is a difference. People who have a healthy view of the limitations of socialism believe that one-size fits all care isn't something that is even adequate, let alone a goal we should seek, to replace some of the best care in the world.
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St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto used to provide some of the best heart surgical care in the world. (And this was under OHIP, the Ontario health insurance plan). I wonder what happened?
 
RStringfield said:
Sorry if this has been posted already...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...avels-to-us-for-heart-surgery/article1452524/

The heart and soul of Newfoundland politics is in for repair – and it's not in his home province or even in Canada, for that matter.

Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams is scheduled for heart surgery in the United States, a move that throws into question his province's and his nation's health-care system.

A source confirmed to The Globe and Mail late Monday that Mr. Williams has left St. John's for an undisclosed destination in the U.S. to have heart surgery later in the week.
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It's so simple everyone's missing it...


The guy is obviously wealthy. Everyone knows only the richest can afford to run for public office.

Since he's so well off, just like El-Rushbo, he can afford to pay for his own care here in America. There-bye NOT BURDENING the Canadian Healthcare system and not taking up a spot some more deserving, but less well-to-do Canadian might need.
 
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