ronpaulhawaii
10-11-2007, 11:53 AM
from my inbox:
The below note came from a Canadian Citizen who is experiencing the effects
of Socialist Government Medical Programs..... Please heed and do not even consider
opting for Universal Medical Care in the United States! Contact your congresspersons and let them know about this. (You can send this copy to them by pasting it into the message;)
FROM A CANADIAN CITIZEN WHO
LIVES IN THE SYSTEM..........
Hey Guys
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 I 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 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. Have 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 require emergency treatment as you may
wait for 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. Put on a waiting list . 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 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, but they don't call it a tax anymore it is now a user
fee.
10) My mother needs an operation for a blockage
in her leg but because she is a smoker they will not do it. Despite
her and my father paying into the health care system all these years.
My Mom is 80 years of age. 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 care
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 pay no premiums.
14) Oh yeh 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 but 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 and 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 informed questions to ask
when broached with this subject.
Step wisely and don't make the same
mistakes we have.
The below note came from a Canadian Citizen who is experiencing the effects
of Socialist Government Medical Programs..... Please heed and do not even consider
opting for Universal Medical Care in the United States! Contact your congresspersons and let them know about this. (You can send this copy to them by pasting it into the message;)
FROM A CANADIAN CITIZEN WHO
LIVES IN THE SYSTEM..........
Hey Guys
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 I 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 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. Have 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 require emergency treatment as you may
wait for 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. Put on a waiting list . 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 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, but they don't call it a tax anymore it is now a user
fee.
10) My mother needs an operation for a blockage
in her leg but because she is a smoker they will not do it. Despite
her and my father paying into the health care system all these years.
My Mom is 80 years of age. 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 care
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 pay no premiums.
14) Oh yeh 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 but 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 and 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 informed questions to ask
when broached with this subject.
Step wisely and don't make the same
mistakes we have.