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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
I don't understand how you could even think such a thing Merrylander.
With you being from Canada.
Bernie advocates a Candaian style health care system for the U.S.
Hillary says "No can do".
That alone should be enough for him to have earned your support.  |
Tom you will never get a SinglePayer system through Congress, hell even when they had a Democratic majority they could not pass the Public option of the ACA. Big Pharma will lobby it to death and no one in Congress has the cojones to fight Big Pharma.
Americans by and large are too busy patting themselves on the back about the Best Healthcare System in the world. Well I have news for you, this healthcare system let my wife die - slowly and damn painfully, probably because Medicare and CareFirst would not pay their obscene charges. Frex, she had gout in her little finger, outpatient surgery, half hour to do it, another half hour to clear the anesthesia - bill $10,000, except Medicare told him where to go. Week later his assistant removed the stitches then the speci@list looked at her finger from ten feet away, said it'd fine, another bill for $5,000. AMA will lobby is arse off against any reform.
The Canadian system is infinitely superior, ask our son. He spent ten days in the Ottawa Heart Institute (One of the world's finest) they cleared his Atrial Fibrillation problem and it did not cost him one cent.
However, as I said up front don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen here.