Still angry, and now I'm focusing it HERE.

[ifritah]

My mom loves to forward me stuff. Heh, I doubt she expected me to reply to her forward with a GRR of how I felt about it. ^^;

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What a stupid spin on the Canadian system. I love how one example of a family that has found some money is able to supercede their system to get care means that the Canadian medical situation is evil for forcing them to

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[schneeble]

I don't know, it seems pretty sketchy to outlaw private practice. One of the problems many people have with the idea is in how the system would be implemented.

Of course, the other problem is the basic underlying principle. Many Americans and their representatives still hold on to the belief that it isn't the (federal) government's job to "give a damn." That is a point on which reasonable people are free to disagree, but it also helps to explain why we don't have more socialized medicine than we already do.

[ifritah]

Well, I'm not huge into the "Outlaw private practice!" I'm huge into everyone getting treatment, no matter the size of their pocket books. I'd love to find a happy medium!

Many Americans and their representatives still hold on to the belief that it isn't the (federal) government's job to "give a damn."

*Nod* You're right. And that makes me a sad panda. Because who else is going to have enough power to create that kind of change? While the government thinks really hard about whether gay people are human enough to be allowed to marry there are millions of Americans that can't afford to go to the doctor.

[betacandy]

We need a LOT of reform to our system. Everyone needs covered, but we also need to force insurance companies to cover more PREVENTATIVE stuff instead of denying treatment until it's too late, then denying it because it's too late, and saying, "Wow, thanks for the all the premiums you paid over the years! Totally redoing our yachts with that this weekend!"

I thought this nation was all about people having jobs and the "right to work". How can they work if they're not healthy? Making sure they are is in the state's best interest.

[scarlettslegacy]

I've been told our and Canadian systems are very similar (we seem to always be at similar points of evolving, politically and economically) so in leui of a Canadian, I'll give you our system

[ifritah]

because I think people who are so poor they can't afford anything but state health should get decent health care, and people who are willing to pay out should have that option, too.Oh, I feel the same way. But there is nothing that pisses me off faster than "the right of priviledge" that people with money seem to have

[rowdyman]

I don't know; I see both sides of the coin. The free market stimulates advances in health care through competition. But I also see that those advances need to be appropriately disseminated to the masses. After all “We hold these truths to be self evident… … “. But then again I don’t feel that I should have to wait to see a care provider. I can make a call on Monday and if my provider (who is Nurse Practitioner) is open I can go see her that day, I’ve never had to wait more than a few days for care. Further more the elimination of private practice causes overall patient care to suffer. Some providers actually have a good bedside manner, and there is an old adage of “treat the patient; not the problem”. You rarely find the attention to detail and level of concern from standardized health care providers