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This was sent from Canada to a friend of mine in the States.
I saw on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new
health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard
that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his
latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada health
care plan I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical
plan that we have in Canada.
First of all:
1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a premium every month
of $96 for Shirley and me to be covered. Sounds great eh. What they don't
tell you is how much we pay in taxes to keep the health care system afloat.
I am personally in the 55% tax bracket. Yes 55% of my earnings go to taxes.
A large portion of that - and I am not sure of the exact amount - goes
directly to health care - our #1 expense.
2) I would not classify what we have as a health care plan; it is more like
a health diagnosis system. You can get into to see a doctor quick enough so
he can tell you "yes indeed you are sick or you need an operation" but now
the challenge becomes getting treated or operated on. We have waiting lists
out the ying yang - some as much as 2 years down the road.
3) Rather than fix what is wrong with you, the usual tactic in Canada
is to prescribe drugs. Having a pain here is a drug to take - not what is
causing the pain and why. No time for checking you out because it is more
important to move as many patients thru as possible each hour for Government re-imbursement.
4) Many Canadians do not have a family Doctor.
5) Don't try to get emergency treatment as you may spend hours in the
emergency room waiting for treatment.
6) Shirley's dad cut his hand on a power saw a few weeks back and it
required that his hand be put in a splint - to our surprise we had to pay
$125 for a splint because it is not covered. Under health care plus, we have
to pay $60 for each visit for him to check it out each week.
7) Shirley's cousin was diagnosed with a heart blockage and put on a waiting
list. He died before he could get treatment.
8) Government allots so many operations per year. When that is done, no more operations unless you go to your local newspaper and plead your case and embarrass the government - then money suddenly appears.
9) The Government takes great pride in telling us how much more they are
increasing the funding for health care, but the waiting lists never get
shorter. Government just keeps throwing money at the problem but it never
goes away. But they are good at finding new ways to tax us - they don't call
it a tax anymore - it is now a user fee.
10) A friend needs an operation for a blockage in her leg but because she is
a smoker they will not do it, despite paying into the health care system all
these years. My friend is 65 years old. Now there is talk that maybe we
should not treat fat and obese people either because they are a drain on the
health care system. Let me see now, what we want in Canada is a health are
system for healthy people only. That should reduce our health care costs.
11) Forget getting a second opinion; what you see is what you get.
12) I can spend what money I have left after taxes on booze, cigarettes,
junk food and anything else that could kill me but I am not allowed by law
to spend my money on getting an operation I need because that would be
jumping the queue. I must wait my turn except if I am a hockey player or
athlete then I can get looked at right away. Go figger. Where else in the
world can you spend money to kill yourself but not allowed to spend money to
get healthy.
13) Oh, did I mention that immigrants are covered automatically at tax payer
expense having never contributed a dollar to the system and paying no
premiums?
14) Oh yeah, we now give free needles to drug users to try and keep them
healthy. Wouldn't want a sickly druggie breaking into your house and
stealing your things. But people with diabetes who pay into the health care
system have to pay for their needles because it is not covered by the health
care system.
I send this out not looking for sympathy but as the election looms in the
states you will be hearing more and more about universal health care down
there. The advocates will be pointing to Canada. I just want to make sure
that you hear the truth about health care up here and have some food for
thought and are informed and have questions to ask when broached with this
subject.
Step wisely and don't make the same mistakes we have.
God help you if Hillary Clinton is elected President.
I saw on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new
health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard
that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his
latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada health
care plan I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical
plan that we have in Canada.
First of all:
1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a premium every month
of $96 for Shirley and me to be covered. Sounds great eh. What they don't
tell you is how much we pay in taxes to keep the health care system afloat.
I am personally in the 55% tax bracket. Yes 55% of my earnings go to taxes.
A large portion of that - and I am not sure of the exact amount - goes
directly to health care - our #1 expense.
2) I would not classify what we have as a health care plan; it is more like
a health diagnosis system. You can get into to see a doctor quick enough so
he can tell you "yes indeed you are sick or you need an operation" but now
the challenge becomes getting treated or operated on. We have waiting lists
out the ying yang - some as much as 2 years down the road.
3) Rather than fix what is wrong with you, the usual tactic in Canada
is to prescribe drugs. Having a pain here is a drug to take - not what is
causing the pain and why. No time for checking you out because it is more
important to move as many patients thru as possible each hour for Government re-imbursement.
4) Many Canadians do not have a family Doctor.
5) Don't try to get emergency treatment as you may spend hours in the
emergency room waiting for treatment.
6) Shirley's dad cut his hand on a power saw a few weeks back and it
required that his hand be put in a splint - to our surprise we had to pay
$125 for a splint because it is not covered. Under health care plus, we have
to pay $60 for each visit for him to check it out each week.
7) Shirley's cousin was diagnosed with a heart blockage and put on a waiting
list. He died before he could get treatment.
8) Government allots so many operations per year. When that is done, no more operations unless you go to your local newspaper and plead your case and embarrass the government - then money suddenly appears.
9) The Government takes great pride in telling us how much more they are
increasing the funding for health care, but the waiting lists never get
shorter. Government just keeps throwing money at the problem but it never
goes away. But they are good at finding new ways to tax us - they don't call
it a tax anymore - it is now a user fee.
10) A friend needs an operation for a blockage in her leg but because she is
a smoker they will not do it, despite paying into the health care system all
these years. My friend is 65 years old. Now there is talk that maybe we
should not treat fat and obese people either because they are a drain on the
health care system. Let me see now, what we want in Canada is a health are
system for healthy people only. That should reduce our health care costs.
11) Forget getting a second opinion; what you see is what you get.
12) I can spend what money I have left after taxes on booze, cigarettes,
junk food and anything else that could kill me but I am not allowed by law
to spend my money on getting an operation I need because that would be
jumping the queue. I must wait my turn except if I am a hockey player or
athlete then I can get looked at right away. Go figger. Where else in the
world can you spend money to kill yourself but not allowed to spend money to
get healthy.
13) Oh, did I mention that immigrants are covered automatically at tax payer
expense having never contributed a dollar to the system and paying no
premiums?
14) Oh yeah, we now give free needles to drug users to try and keep them
healthy. Wouldn't want a sickly druggie breaking into your house and
stealing your things. But people with diabetes who pay into the health care
system have to pay for their needles because it is not covered by the health
care system.
I send this out not looking for sympathy but as the election looms in the
states you will be hearing more and more about universal health care down
there. The advocates will be pointing to Canada. I just want to make sure
that you hear the truth about health care up here and have some food for
thought and are informed and have questions to ask when broached with this
subject.
Step wisely and don't make the same mistakes we have.
God help you if Hillary Clinton is elected President.
