Once upon a time, I might have disagreed with you, but not now. I think anybody
who's ill and needs a doctor ought to be able to see one.
I'm fortunate, I suppose, in that I worked for the county for 33 years and
retired with full Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance. My monthly contribution,
deducted from my pension, is only $60.34; the county takes care of the rest.
And I can go to any doctor I choose; none of this "you've got to use one of
ours" stuff.
And I'm amazed at the waiting times for treatment in Canada that Mark posted.
When my oral cancer was diagnosed, I had an MRI and blood tests the next day
and surgery a week later. Some things work; some things don't.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I don't pretend to be an expert. I couldn't produce even a handful of
> meaningful statistics on health care in the US or anywhere else in
> the world. But I do believe this: As time passes and cultures evolve,
> things change. There was a time when you had no right to worship as
> you choose. There was a time when you couldn't speak your mind. There
> was a time when you were guilty unless you could bribe your way out
> of jail. There was a time when the police could lock you up and throw
> away the key and never charge you with a damned thing. There was a
> time when doctors made house calls and took chickens in payment.
> There was a time when medicine was pretty damned limited in what it
> could do. There was a time when the cost of health care was actually
> related to the cost of providing it.
>
> Times change. I've been opposed to Universal Health Care all my life,
> and now I'm not. Now I believe a society such as the one I inhabit
> ought to provide some standard of universal health care. Arguments to
> the contrary be damned, it's just the right thing to do.
>
> We're supposed to be smart people. We ought to be able to figure it out.
>
> My $0.02, and worth exactly what you paid for it.
>
> --Bob
>
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