st0wandgrow
Well-Known Member
What Buck doesn't realise is Socialism is a bigger burden on workers and less on people who arnt bothered.
Plus I'm sorry to say it, but in Ireland/the UK waiting times are unreal if you don't have private insurance.
There are hundreds of people who have to wait 3+ months for a cancer diagnosis which effectively ends their life.
So I pay a hell of alot more tax than my US counterparts, to pay for freeloaders and an ineffectual system and still have to buy private insurance to receive a decent medical service?
The grass might LOOK greener over here, but in reality to make it seem that green it has to stink of shit...and I'd rather have a yellow lawn I can use and chill out on than a shitty smelly green one that is unusable if you get the analogy.
If I had the choice, Id drop universal healthcare here, use Government to put a contract for the provision of the services up to tender, and reinvest the money improving State education...at least that way people can get jobs to buy their insurance.
Harrekin, you don't have a clue what you're talking about. You're just regurgitating talking points from the far-right looneys you see on TV.
I've lived in Canada half my life, and America half my life. I've actually lived in both countries, and experienced both systems of health care. The Canadian system is hands down a far superior system. The means of delivery is identical, except in Canada they have removed the greedy middle man (insurance companies), and effectively removed the profit motive from health care decsions. In America, nothing is sacred. Profit is put before peoples health and well being, and to me that is an awfully revealing statement about where this country is heading.
The fact that the majority of bankruptcies in this country are due to medical bills should embarass us all.