That's the dumbest thing I read today.
I'm by European standards a fiscal conservative and a business owner. I recognize the absolute necessity for strong social services, social safety net, universal healthcare, accessible education and sensible government regulation on industry and business.
You dislike mixed economies move to any of the third world nations that are unable to create a welfare state, that's your libertarian paradise. Even the "super anti socialist" US is essentially a democratic socialist mixed economy, the only problem with it is that it's basically the example to "How to not organize a mixed economy".
Exactly. On this forum youre only allowed to bash the US.
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Putting the racism aside, it appears you cannot ask for a doctor for any reason at all. This another one of the problems with Universal Healthcare, youre stuck with whatever the government assigns you.
If she had said I want my kid to see a different doctor because this one has bad hygiene, has BO, and ratty hair, they would have said no.
If she said I want a different doctor because this one has a lot of complaints on yelp, they wouldve said no.
If she wanted a new doctor because this one is too young and she feels he hasnt had enough on the job experience (I personally like my doctors to be over 50 because theyve seen it all and treated it all for decades), she wouldve been told no.
If she wanted a new doctor because this one has too many patients causing long wait times, she wouldve been told no
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Which would be fine if people who chose to use a private doctor were able to get a tax refund of the money they put in to the public system that they will never use. Youre forcing them to pay for care twice just for the privilege of picking their own doctor and not having to wait 2 years for a knee replacement
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It probably happens quite a bit. a large number of Canadians have never seen anyone who isnt white or Inuit, as the African Canadian population in Canada is around 250, so they may not understand that they are no different than white people beyond the skin color
This video only shows why some prefer a system where you have more choices of which doctor or hospital you would rather go to. But our country to some extent, does the same thing with insurance companies and their preferred providers systems. Racism is evident in all aspects of social interaction, so nothing new there.
Yes, but the difference is that if you need important work done you will still have it done for free, even if you can't afford it.
Some operations you won't be able to afford - I could never afford 100K worth of surgery if it wasn't for free healthcare. But I can afford going checkups, blood work, minor issues in private clinics.
If it wasn't for universal healthcare I'm not sure how I would have survived my STEMI financially so while as a young guy I did sometimes feel like the money I pay is wasted, it sure felt great to have an emergency stent placed quickly and without having to worry about the cost. My money was well spent even if I've still probably paid more than I've taken out so far - other than this one emergency heart problem I have never used the state run system since reaching adulthood.
The biggest problem with the Canadian health care system is that Canadian women only have 1.6 babies. Canada could import a lot of immigrants to fix this but this would fundamentally change the nature of Canada, make it more American.
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Only because part of that rating includes access to care as part of the "quality of care". If they were ranked solely on the quality of care that a person receives, there is nowhere better than the US. As someone who has insurance and good doctors, I will receive much better care right here in my town than I would in any other country. We have the newest medical technology, best sanitation, highest education standards (this is why 80% of the worlds doctors come to the US to study medicine). Our doctors and hospitals dont rely on ancient equipment like film xrays, mercury thermometers, iron lungs, wooden prosthetics, Ancient MRI and CT scan machines that take days to see results, paper patient charts, old beds with prison-like mattresses, sliding weight scales, wooden prosthetics, etc...
And we dont call a Dodge Sprinter or minivan an ambulance. We actually have real ambulances which have enough room and supplies to treat just about any problem enroute to a hospital, as well as Helicopter Ambulances for extremely dire situations.
Would you rather ride in this:
Or this (typical UK ambulance)?
Would you rather stay in a hospital room like this?
Or this?
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Except people wanting the free donuts have to wait in line for 13 hours to get them where the guy charging $4 gives you one immediately. Also the free donuts are made with low quality ingredients and the $4 ones are made with top shelf ingredients
We don't need a thread about every single thing happening in america/canada.
I always love watching American's trying to justify a healthcare system, which is made solely to profit on themselves.
Not true in the slightest. Literally the only customer service difference is that you can't queue jump unless there's medical necessity.
Prove it.If she had said I want my kid to see a different doctor because this one has bad hygiene, has BO, and ratty hair, they would have said no.
Yeah, no.If she wanted a new doctor because this one has too many patients causing long wait times, she wouldve been told no.
Once again, the only reason your wait time would be long is if your condition isn't serious.
Queue jumping is a privilege, it only makes sense that it should cost more to do so.Which would be fine if people who chose to use a private doctor were able to get a tax refund of the money they put in to the public system that they will never use. Youre forcing them to pay for care twice just for the privilege of picking their own doctor and not having to wait 2 years for a knee replacement
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
Prove it.
Neither do Canadian hospitals or medical facilities.As someone who has insurance and good doctors, I will receive much better care right here in my town than I would in any other country. We have the newest medical technology, best sanitation, highest education standards (this is why 80% of the worlds doctors come to the US to study medicine). Our doctors and hospitals dont rely on ancient equipment like film xrays, mercury thermometers, iron lungs, wooden prosthetics, Ancient MRI and CT scan machines that take days to see results, paper patient charts, old beds with prison-like mattresses, sliding weight scales, wooden prosthetics, etc...
I wager you've never even been outside the country, quite frankly.
Which are usually privately run and cost an absolute fortune to use.And we dont call a Dodge Sprinter or minivan an ambulance. We actually have real ambulances which have enough room and supplies to treat just about any problem enroute to a hospital, as well as Helicopter Ambulances for extremely dire situations.
Cherry picking images from google is not a meaningful comparison.Would you rather ride in this:
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Economy of scale is a thing.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
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maybe care by a black doctor costs only 3/5ths of what a white's does, that's why she's upset
It doesn't matter what country exactly this is, it's the only one that had to suffer leftist rule for almost a century and lost more lives to it than to the WW2.
I'm curious, by the way. You live in Denmark, yet right beside you (well, not with a direct border, but still close enough) there's another country, which has a way higher standard of living, and that is as far from left-wing as it can be (with the vast majority of its people being economically educated enough to vote against 'guaranteed income' and raising of the minimum wage on the referendums). I wonder whether you'd call that one '3rd world' too.
Let Canada continue what is has had for a while, it doesn't affect US, and I don't see any reason to bring up one little bad incident with some racist asshole (We have a ton of these folks where I live here in Texass')
As much as I love my country, and again I'll let anyone know how much I do: other countries get to choose what they want as well. If something fails, you'll see it all over the news.. So I don't see what the post is even about.
The big offtopic convo though about people bashing America: Get used to it, nobody gets to the top without constantly being hated - WELCOME to the best of the best.