Where are the Health Care protests in England and Canada for USA type Health Care????

KansasVoter

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Thu Aug-06-09 07:59 PM
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Where are the Health Care protests in England and Canada for USA type Health Care????

What country with free health care are demanding the USA style health care?

Seems like if their plans were so bad compared to ours they would be begging their country to implement our health care plan.

Some people are too stupid to vote!

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stray cat

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Thu Aug-06-09 08:04 PM
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1. Not too many Americans out protesting for British or Canadian or Indian health care either

does that mean ours is better than theirs - I don't think so.

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KansasVoter

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Thu Aug-06-09 08:06 PM
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2. Really, I think a lot of people wanted their type health care

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PolNewf

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Thu Aug-06-09 08:32 PM
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3. We have a few

that argue for partial privatization, more prevalent is discussion of a 2 tier system with private service offered as a tier above the current system. However, we are very suspicious of anything that might weaken the current system so changes are not very likely.

You would probably be hard pressed to find a Canadian wishing for the chaos of US type health care. I wouldn't mind stealing some ideas from the UK system but I do not like their doctors being gov employees. I'm also a bit jealous of the French system but they really are spoiled to an extreme.

Mind you we don't really talk much about health care as medicare here has a 80+ approval rate and we take it for granted.

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Canuckistanian

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Thu Aug-06-09 08:42 PM
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5. Hi PolNewf

Belated welcome to DU!

I'm guessing that you're from Newfoundland. How'd I do?

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doc03

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Thu Aug-06-09 08:40 PM
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4. Good question n/t

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LynnTheDem

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Thu Aug-06-09 08:45 PM
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6. This Canadian says...

ROTFLMAO!!!

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mwooldri

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Fri Aug-07-09 03:49 AM
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7. If anything, Brits are asking the government to pump money INTO the NHS.

They're not clamoring for private insurance. They want the NHS to cover more and do it more quickly.

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MoonRiver

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Fri Aug-07-09 10:27 AM
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8. Ha! Great meme KV! Let's spread it wide and far!

:fistbump:

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area51

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Fri Aug-07-09 11:30 AM
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9. I've mentioned this before ...

... to republicans; no one ever has an answer because there is none. If our for-profit, privatized, unregulated healthcare system is so wonderful, you'd think everyone in France, England, Canada, Sweden, etc. would be screaming to convert their system to ours. It always shuts dumbfux up.

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