tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post3058213715916400709..comments2024-01-30T12:46:10.810-05:00Comments on Yappa Ding Ding: The Real Health Care QuestionYappahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-57803692811896315032009-09-29T09:07:22.315-04:002009-09-29T09:07:22.315-04:00Recently, I've read an article about a survey ...Recently, I've read an article about a survey of the 16 developed country's health care systems. Canada placed 10th with a final grade 'B', just for laughs, the US placed dead last 16th. But 10th place for Canada is not that bad, most of the countries that scored higher than Canada are European and of course Japan in the first place. I too see things wrong with our system and things that could get better but if we look at health care in other countries around the world, it doesn't seem bad at all. If anyones interested in that article, here is is:<br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090928/hl_nm/us_canada_health<br /><br />Thanks and take care, ElliRealtor from Torontohttp://ellidavis.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-90464247832643387382009-09-28T16:57:36.918-04:002009-09-28T16:57:36.918-04:00Their main focus might be looking at that as a sol...Their main focus might be looking at that as a solution, but it does give a good look at the current situation using facts and figures and comparison. <br /><br />Don't expect it to change your mind, but give you a good basis to seek solutions you do support.<br /><br />The biggest issue I see is debate on health care tends to degenerate into emotions and feelings, the sacred cow syndrome, when real debate is obviously needed for any real address to its issues.Kadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393065593008003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-17171317031791669202009-09-28T16:51:07.301-04:002009-09-28T16:51:07.301-04:00Hahaha, The Frasier Institute. Fox News is a bett...Hahaha, The Frasier Institute. Fox News is a better place to get information on Canadian Healthcare. I'm not suggesting they'll say anything to promote their ideology but I don't know how else to finish this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-86668420532109526672009-09-28T15:37:00.535-04:002009-09-28T15:37:00.535-04:00btw, I see that that report seems to be arguing fo...btw, I see that that report seems to be arguing for two-tier health care. I will try to keep an open mind as I read it...Yappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-22670071032440586732009-09-28T15:33:40.828-04:002009-09-28T15:33:40.828-04:00Thanks Kerry!
This is the link:
Canadian Health P...Thanks Kerry!<br /><br />This is the link:<br /><a href="http://www.fraserinstitute.org/researchandpublications/publications/6925.aspx" rel="nofollow">Canadian Health Policy Failures</a>.Yappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-26635232390010600932009-09-28T15:06:27.507-04:002009-09-28T15:06:27.507-04:00I'm trying it again
http://www.fraserinstitute...I'm trying it again<br />http://www.fraserinstitute.org/researchandpublications/publications/6925.aspx<br /><br />Goto Reports/Publications on www.fraserinstitute.org, then click on books. Should be the first selection, called 'Canadian Health Policy Failures: What’s wrong? Who gets hurt? Why nothing changes'<br />The PDF is free to download.<br /><br />The comment box won't accept the tag you gave meKadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393065593008003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-832586931628181552009-09-28T14:51:37.888-04:002009-09-28T14:51:37.888-04:00I don't think it's fair to say a private o...I don't think it's fair to say a private option would be taxpayer-subsidized. Put a price on something like an MRI that brings in profit and people will either pay it or wait a year in the public line. But yes there will be risks trying to start the private option but in my opinion goverment monopolization is as much a bane as private monopolization in any sector.austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837199356153099022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-77609967523737218702009-09-28T14:33:29.944-04:002009-09-28T14:33:29.944-04:00Hi Kerry,
I couldn't find that report based o...Hi Kerry,<br /><br />I couldn't find that report based on the partial link that appears. Could you send the entire link? You can put in a carriage return so the whole thing appears; or use the standard HTML tag for URLS: left angle bracket, a, href=", URL, quote, right angle bracket, TEXT, left angle bracket, /a, right angle bracket.Yappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-28384412721130458582009-09-28T14:30:15.851-04:002009-09-28T14:30:15.851-04:00Hi Austin -
We already have a private health care...Hi Austin -<br /><br />We already have a private health care option: the US. Providing a private option in Canada would just provide a taxpayer-subsidized private option. It's a very dangerous slippery slope: soon we would have two-tier care. No thank you.Yappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-12006562460523651632009-09-28T13:53:19.954-04:002009-09-28T13:53:19.954-04:00This report for the Frasier Institute is very in d...This report for the Frasier Institute is very in depth in the comparison OECD health systems to ours. The data alone makes it worth the read. http://www.fraserinstitute.org/researchandpublications/publications/6925.aspxKadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393065593008003711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-3855398012222869792009-09-28T13:46:39.416-04:002009-09-28T13:46:39.416-04:00Having private along side our public health care i...Having private along side our public health care if done properly could be very beneficial. Offering some pay hospitals to the rich would get them out of our lines and we could have any profits go back in to the public system. Thats much better then them going to the U.S. and putting thier money into the American economy.austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837199356153099022noreply@blogger.com