Wisdom Teeth Pulled
Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-30 4:11 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, April 30, 2021 at 3:43:10 PM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
> .
>>> I'm assuming you are talking about socialist health care like
>>> Canada or
>>> some European countries. Trust me, you'll pay for it in the end
>>> with
>>> higher taxes and/or lower quality health care.
>>
>> Would you rather have "lower quality health care" or none at all?
>> Now that there's no mandate to buy health insurance, are
>> you going to do without?
>>
>> The sort of national health program like they have in Canada is
>> pretty much just like commercial insurance, except the risk pool
>> is the entire country and it's not optional.* The per-capita
>> cost is less than the U.S. pays:* $5418 in Canada versus $10966
>> in the U.S.* And Canadians are not exactly dying in the streets.
>> The
>> life expectancy in Canada is 81.2 years, while it's 78 in the U.S.
>>
>> Faceless bureaucrats decide who gets care whether they work
>> for the government or for an insurance company.
>
>
> There has been lot of misinformation in the US about the Canadian
> health care system. They talk about how expensive it is, but as you
> pointed out, we* pay less than Americans.* The government spends
> less per capita on health care than the US government, and everyone
> is covered. We live longer. Wait times? They have been grossly
> exaggerated. We can thank the lobbyists for the for profit health
> care system for those lies.
>
>
Yes, Canada is wonderful! AMEN
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