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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:46 PM Original message |
Here is my own personal Canadian healthcare horror story. |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Medical care heaven |
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BadtotheboneBob (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
109. Part Two... |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #109 |
125. Interesting. |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. I think you missed VA as in Veterans Administration. n/t |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #126 |
135. Aha, yes indeed I did |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. $#%#& |
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BadtotheboneBob (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. No... |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Wow that is great! |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. You poor devil... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I see so many heartbreaking stories from my fellow American DUers. |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
130. Reading some of the horror stories of corporate health "care" |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, the Humanity! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. You forgot to mention the 9-year wait you had to endure. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. You are actually getting medical care? |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Damn You Soshulist!11!!!11 nt |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. OMG! i'm shocked! Just shocked! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. I had cataract surgery and you won't regret it in the least! |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thanks for the heads up. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Good idea. You'll really want to keep your eyes closed because the light hurts |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
60. Lunatica is right--you'll never regret having the cataract fixed. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
133. You probably will want a cab or a driver |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's just awful. Clearly, Canada needs some good old fashioned American health insurance |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Scarey. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. You are so mean. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Right. But you *have* been waiting 6 years for this surgery, no? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. 8 month wait. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
113. That's sort of a long wait |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
63. wrong |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Fox News: Socialist nanny state is confiscating Canadians' cataracts |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. LOL !..... I wish I could rec a reply ! |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
45. OMG! |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
88. lolz |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
97. +1 |
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StevesRedLens (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
146. HaHa |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. I see you didn't have to cross the border for that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. I had to pay for mine out of pocket, about $15,000 with a transplant |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. I am still fighting over payment on a MRI after a auto accident. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
102. Hilarious. You are so funny! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
106. It's new MEXICO!! clearly it's mexico not america! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #106 |
127. New Mexico? Well, I'll be danged.... |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. You waited eight months? Good grief! |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. My FIL didn't wait that long |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Must be nice to have insurance. |
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onyourleft (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I waited six... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
46. It was no big rush,my optometrist said do it when I felt it was time. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
70. That's how it was with my Dad, too. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
48. iirc, cataracts are easier to remove if they are a certain size or thickness. |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. Which Province are you in? Here in BC to see an Ophthalmologist takes |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm in the country with the |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. A specialist usually takes me 3-4 months. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
99. Not sure how one relates to the other |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #99 |
108. no the people against single payer try to claim that canada and other places |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. Tragic. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. I haven't seen a doctor for so much as a hangnail in 6 years. I have no |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
71. Bwahahahaha! |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. You poor bastard. Thankfully American GI's gave their lives at Normanday to spare us the same fate. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
131. American GI's gave their lives, in good part, so that |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #131 |
139. Not to mention British and Canadians that also |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #139 |
143. Yes, I'm aware of that. |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
28. Holy moly, how do you cope? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
30. How does it feel, living NEXT DOOR to the Greatest Country? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
136. It make me really envious |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
31. OMG! You poor third world non-American! |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. Took you 8 months and no cash - seems like 6 months and $2000 in the US |
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cantbeserious (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. The Horror, The Horror - You Were Ill, You Were Treated, You Are Better! |
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QuintanarooBoy (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. Oh the Tyranny! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. You're lucky the death panel decided to spare you... |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
37. You're sucking off the public teat. Shame !!! |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
38. My God. The humanity. |
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mikeyDE (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
39. that's nothing! |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. Good luck! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. And you're in Norway, right? |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #59 |
144. Yes. And I am very satisfied with my health care too. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. And many Americans would say that the drug addict deserves to suffer |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. That wait time is just horrible! |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
42. Here is my own personal English Healthcare horror story. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Mine was similar |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Nice when the Dr's are doing their job instead of medicaid billing |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. OMG |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
49. The horror! |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. How do you put up with that? |
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GTurck (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
51. You poor.. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
53. As a TOURIST, I had free HC in: Canada; England; A'dam; Portugal. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Yes, traveling in Europe as a teenager with my family |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. I don't get free health care in Canada, and I live here. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Yes please. |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #68 |
107. The NHS in the UK is a broken model for so many people there, so not a good comparison |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. It's different from province to province, I believe Ontario, B.C. and Alberta |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #73 |
122. No premiums in AB any more, they changed it. nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
91. Of course health care is not technically "free" |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
120. Gee, that's $60 a month! |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
123. $720 a year? Try over $1000 per month. And that's for |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
134. I pay nearly $500 a month for two people in the U.S. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
84. I had an emergency root canal in Belize City, Belize - $36dollars & 50cents. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
112. Those countries have reciprocal healthcare agreements with the US? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #112 |
128. Dirty little secret.... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #128 |
138. That makes sense... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. That's okay... |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
54. Thanks for sharing the truth about health care in the civilized world |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
55. Good luck Monday!... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
56. I help a man with a TBI, who is going to get this surgery |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
57. K&R |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
58. I wish I hadn't read this post. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
65. How much will insurance company executives get paid for doing their part? |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
66. HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. The HORROR is |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
69. When idiots tell me Canadians hate their "socialized medicine".... |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
72. Can't have |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
74. There are surgeons in Canada??? OMG!!! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
75. Oh the horror!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
76. I had the same thing done...t no personal expense to me. I love medicare. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
77. Highly K&Red |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
78. Health defense to me is as important as military defense |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. +1 |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
79. Sarah Palin wants your healthcare to go away |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. And she can easily afford her own cataract surgery, so why should she care |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
114. She wants Canada to drop their Healthcare Plan |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
80. Good lord, is there no mercy? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
81. How horrible. Why would anyone want that for the USA? |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
82. I have cataracts in both eyes. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. I hope you can find it Louis. Friends, family .... leave a jar at a business if |
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livingonearth (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. In America, even if you have insurance it doesn't mean you can afford to use it. |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
85. A bureaucratic nightmare! |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
87. so the death panels... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
92. I didn't see THAT coming |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
93. I had the same Health Canada horror show experience as well |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
94. I am so sorry that you have to endure such a horror. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
95. Do you need a butler? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
96. That is NOT fair! |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
98. Having to wait 8 months for this surgery isnt bad |
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wundermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
100. Oh, The Horror... |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
101. But that is so un-American! |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
103. Yea but if you have a real problem you will rush over to our "Best int the world" health care |
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JAnthony (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
104. You had to wait a WHOLE HOUR??? For a |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
105. damn government getting in between you and your doctor!! death panels!! |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
110. Damn Socalist. |
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flpab (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
111. Love it!!! Canada sent a Lear jet for my friend's Mom in fl |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
115. My son had first time seizures ever on a Friday |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
116. How horrifying |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
117. Damn, that makes me hate this country! n-t |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
118. Serves you right for living in that wasteland! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
119. That's socialism! |
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avebury (455 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
121. K&R |
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Lenomsky (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
124. That's ... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
129. Rubbing it in again, huh? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-11-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
141. Here is my own personal Medicare horror story |
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StevesRedLens (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
145. OH, THE HUMANITY of you Canadian's socialized medicine |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
147. So what? The only thing you'll see more clearly is Canadian Socialist Hell |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
148. I want government health care here now! |
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