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Re: cleared, then busted
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| | From: | zwalanga at yahoo.com | | Subject: | Re: cleared, then busted | | Date: | 22 Jan 2005 11:43:14 -0800 |
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Happy Dog wrote:
> "Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
> news:bpig7e$ue6$1@allhats.xcski.com...
> > In a previous article, "Happy Dog" said:
> > >"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
> > >news:bpd37a$7ft$1@allhats.xcski.com...
> > >> I bet the first 35 years of my life on the Canadian system, and
it
> worked
> > >> pretty damn well.
> > >
> > >You ever need dialysis? Ever wonder what you would do if medical
> attention
> > >was available (for the person of your choice) and that you could
afford,
> but
> > >not allowed? Examples of this situation abound. Try to get a
> non-emergency
> > >MRI in Toronto within a year. Try to get dialysis (even just for
fun).
> > >What did you bet on? What was your ante?
> >
> > My father had a heart attack a few years ago, near Toronto.
>
> That's hardly a non-emergency condition.
>
> > He got MRIs,
> > CAT scans, and surgery, all within a few hours. He was operated on
by a
> > world famous cardiac surgeon who has been profiled on the US
science show
> > "NOVA". Now he gets drugs that would cost thousands of dollars a
week.
>
> Surgery within hours, eh? And drugs costing thousands per week? For
years?
> Can you give us some more details on his condition?
>
> > So I anted my father's life, and won.
> >
> > Compare and contrast with the US system, where my doctor has twice
> > referred me to chronic pain specialists only to have the insurance
company
> > turn me down. I've switched insurance companies, but they're all
in
> > collusion to treat chronic pain sufferers as nothing but whiners.
Oh, and
> > they wouldn't pay to treat the depression caused by the chronic
pain,
> > either. They're all a bunch of fucking bastards, and they have the
entire
> > US political system in their pockets because politics runs on
money, and
> > they've made plenty by denying proper medical care even to those
lucky
> > enough to supposedly have coverage.
>
> Got news for you. You wouldn't fare much better in Canada.
> hd
Based on, exactly, what? Do you work for Transport Canada, Nav Canada?
Let's
hear it big mouth...
Zee
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