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Bruce[_28_]

In article >, says...
>
> "Taxed and Spent" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 8/30/2016 9:11 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >> In article >,
> >> says...
> >>>
> >>> On 8/30/2016 7:43 PM, Bruce wrote:
> >>>> In article >, says...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "graham" > wrote in message
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>>> On 8/30/2016 5:58 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> > wrote in message
> >>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:07:39 +1000, Bruce >
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> In article >,
> >>>>>>>>> says...
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> "Gary" > wrote in message
> >>>>>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:11:57 -0600, graham wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/30/2016 11:05 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:24:31 -0300,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So do I, or rather the lack of it and having to endure eight
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stitches
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in my foot until I get them taken out next Friday.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unless there some sign of infection, save yourself the co-pay
> >>>>>>>>>> and >> >> take
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the stitches out yourself.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Co-Pay? This is Canada! We don't have to worry about such
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> things
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Well then save the doctor's time and let some treat somebody
> >>>>>>>>>>>> else
> >>>>>>>>>> who
> >>>>>>>>>>>> needs it more. I bet you have a lot of hypocondriacs in Canada
> >>>>>>>>>>>> ;-)
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Hell yeah.... have "free" insurance and everyone runs to the
> >>>>>>>>>> doctor > for
> >>>>>>>>>>> every little sniffle. This is why insurance costs so much.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Yep, there are very few uninsured hypochondriacs, on the other
> >>>>>>>>>> hand
> >>>>>>>>>> it's
> >>>>>>>>>> pretty amazing how the body heals itself in many cases when one
> >>>>>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>>>>> uninsured.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Every civilised country should have free healthcare, public
> >>>>>>>>> transport
> >>>>>>>>> and beer. Few do.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Definitely free healthcare, that's a sacred cow in Canada and
> >>>>>>>> politicians try to monkey with it at their peril, but I also feel
> >>>>>>>> guaranteed pensions are good too. Seems now all the major
> >>>>>>>> corporations are trying to do away with them, not fair, another way
> >>>>>>>> the 1% see to grab more for themselves.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I agree about health care, but...it's not free it paid for by taxes
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> fees.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Cheri
> >>>>>> Just as your house insurance payment doesn't cover the cost of
> >>>>>> replacing
> >>>>>> your house if it burns down.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sorry, but it does, also the contents.
> >>>>
> >>>> You must be paying high insurance payments
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> What does your insurance cover?
> >>
> >> The point is that your payments don't cover the value of your house.
> >> That's not how insurance works. The payments for 30,000 insured houses
> >> cover the cost of one of them burning down, plus a nice profit for the
> >> insurance company.
> >>
> >
> > oh, THAT was your point.
>
> Yeah, go figure. LOL

It was graham's point.