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Re: Canadian Health Care System
ctown #192462 01/16/08 01:32 AM
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I learned the other day -- and it blew me away -- that Canada's population is the same as that of California.

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pmbuko #192466 01/16/08 01:37 AM
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We got a lot of people here, eh?


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Re: Canadian Health Care System
NDinUSA #192467 01/16/08 01:41 AM
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Hi all,

I started this thread and haven't had a chance to get back to it until now. I was going to assume that people would be calling other people morons by now like that doctor is calling me. In fact, I was going to request Amie to pull it from the Website because I was almost certain of it. Wow!!!! That has not happened. Well at least not yet. It just goes to show you that first class people buy first class products from first class companies. Amie - Do I get extra points for sucking up???????

I really appreciate all of your responses and I'm going to call my discussion quits with my so called "expert" doctor back here in the states. When he insults our good Canadia neighbors, it shows he doesn't know what he's talking about. Here's an example(Don't shoot the messenger and AS ALWAYS - IT'S ONLY HIS COMMENT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE FEELINGS OF THE GOOD AMERICAN PEOPLE DOWN HERE!!!!)

This is the response I got from him when I told him that the Canadian people I've talked to wouldn't change their system to ours:

Of course Canadians wouldn't change their system, they're addicted to nanny state socialism, they're motivation for doing something themselves is gone...

There's no point in my continuing my conversation with him.

Should we ask Amie to close this thread? Or has it been enlightening? That is before someone gets out of hand?

Again. Thank you all for your participation.


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Re: Canadian Health Care System
NDinUSA #192468 01/16/08 01:43 AM
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Ooh, creepy double post!


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St_PatGuy #192470 01/16/08 01:46 AM
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Sorry about the double post. Operator error.


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NDinUSA #192471 01/16/08 01:48 AM
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Operator error.


I think we're all familiar with that one. \:D


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Re: Canadian Health Care System
NDinUSA #192474 01/16/08 02:06 AM
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Thanks for sharing that last quote from your interlocutor. Really funny. \:\) By now you must know that some nanny-state-socialist-addicted states have a sense of humor too! ;\)


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EFalardeau #192475 01/16/08 02:21 AM
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Yes. Thankfully.


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Re: Canadian Health Care System
NDinUSA #192485 01/16/08 05:32 AM
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>>This is the response I got from him when I told him that the Canadian people I've talked to wouldn't change their system to ours: "Of course Canadians wouldn't change their system, they're addicted to nanny state socialism, they're motivation for doing something themselves is gone..."

Ask your friend about gun control


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NDinUSA #192486 01/16/08 05:51 AM
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What is a nanny-state-socialist???

Why is it when faced with facts and the possibility of being wrong, we naturally digress to the 3rd grade and call each other names?

I bet your esteemed Dr. friend thinks we socialists should probably just fall in line behind the mighty USA and contribute our efforts to finding those "weapons of mass destruction" in the middle east too. Never mind the oil significance of Iraq.

He no doubt thinks we should let everybody buy guns like a pack of Winstons at the 7-11 on the corner so we can all truly have the free right to bear arms. Thats what keeps the trauma Dr.'s and undertakers in business.

I love the ignorance of some(and not all) in the US that think we are an inch away from a communist state that oppresses its masses when in fact we helped slaves flee to freedom from the southern US and their oppressors.

I must admitt that as a nation we are naturally too polite and not as proud of our heritage and history as the US. But that naturally leads us to look out for each other, instead of conquering each other... and the healthcare system is a reflection of that.

Rather than try to profit off our fellow neighbours by charging to keep them healthy and alive, we just have them contribute to a fund and if somebody needs care to keep them healthy or alive, we all bear the cost of it. Kind of strange concept, but really just insurance like the great corporations of the US...Met Life, Wawenesa, Prudential, Allstate, etc.

Do you know the difference between Doctors and God?? God doesnt think he is a doctor.

Alas, I am too fat to stand on the soapbox any longer and am done with this topic.

I really like the US and most americans I have met, but when I considered doing a masters degree in Massachusets I was distressed to find out I would have to pay $3000 a year for healthcare insurance....or even worse if I did get sick. I couldnt afford it.

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