Found this post on a message board related to cervical spine surgery:
"I'm in Canada, land of free health care if ya don't die on a $%&$ waiting list lol...I've been on a "high priority" surgical waiting list since Feb. Hopefully I'll have the surgery before the new yr, fingers crossed"
Personally, I was diagnosed with herniated disks one week ago and will be getting the surgery I need within two and a half weeks of the diagnosis.
This is just one reason why I do not believe in socialized health care. I am all for insurance reform. But I do not want to become Canada. Scary.
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Man that is scary.
It's fine to not support socialized medicine, but that's never what the public option was about. Had the public option made it to the bill, it would've made the US health care system very similar to what they have in Australia, not Canada. They have a system of private options and public options. No one is forced to use the public option, but it is there if you need it or can't afford private health care. As a person who has been without health insurance, I would've appreciated some help!
hey linds, i'm cool with a private/public combo. i just don't want to lose what i have. i hate to see anyone suffer without 0 access to health care, but i also don't want to go down a notch from where i am. i mean, i still have crazy medical bills from all of this as it is. so if they can find a way to give access to those without any insurance coverage at all without affecting the quality/coverage of those currently with coverage, i'm for it :)
LOL, I know I got a little carried away! Levana is finishing her work with Health Care for America Now (www.hcan.org) and I/we were so disappointed that the public option didn't go through. That was their big goal. After all the "death panel" junk that got tossed around, I feel like people just got scared and the parts of the bill that would've made significant impact were removed. But, the new bill will still help some people and is a step in the right direction! :)
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