Comments on: How can our health care be

By: Dr.Jerry

Dr.Jerry — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:02:00 +0000

If you people really think that ParMHA, drug companies, doctors and lawyers have The Democratic Party in their pockets, why were you all saying the same the thing about the Republicans the past eight years, before O’Bama? And all those decades that Senator Ted Kennedy worked for national health care.

By: DrWu

DrWu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:55:17 +0000

Except that its NOT cheaper in Canada – they’re taxes amount to well over 50% of their income…and its absolutely not better…..look at all the American doctors with practices near border crossings that are absolutely INUNDATED with Canadians coming here for medical procedures.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:07:34 +0000

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By: Rando the Randoist

Rando the Randoist — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:26:20 +0000

In Soviet Canada, nose fixes YOU!

By: CapGent

CapGent — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:11:14 +0000

Ah, but in Canada, you could just pop down to the doctor’s office and get that nose fixed for free!

By: mabsba

mabsba — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:08:53 +0000

If capitalism works, why did the last administration have to bail out all those capitalist banks?

And yes, our health care is great … if you have the money. If not, wait until you’re REALLY ill, go to the ER and we ALL end up paying for your care.

By: Dipsy dee

Dipsy dee — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:59:45 +0000

Canadians don’t use the term yanks when talking to americans, sheesh. They use the word “idiot”.

By: Geogypsy

Geogypsy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:09:16 +0000

I miss Jean Chretien…Canadian satirical news has gone downhill since he left Parliament.

By: August

August — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:06:26 +0000

people from canada love the canadian healthcare system. why don’t people in the U.S. actually listen to the opinions of canadian people before they form their own opinion of universal healthcare.

By: August

August — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:08 +0000

that would make a pinkish orange protein shake that would be good for everyone!

By: flipper_gv

flipper_gv — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:37:50 +0000

Man, eating healty is NOT expensive. I eat very healthy (tons of vegetables) with a god damn 35 bucks a week. Try to beat that with junk food.

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:55:21 +0000

Don’t be an ass. How do you know I’m not Canadian?

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:49 +0000

Froo, a client of mine lost her job several months ago, and unfortunately she has cancer. Her doctor has continued to treat her free of charge. Physicians/facilities can do this (at their own discretion) and they write it off as part of their uninsured costs. The insurance carrier doesn’t compensate them for it, but it is a tax write off.

By: froofrou the Barenaked Lady

froofrou the Barenaked Lady — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:57:24 +0000

The second verse to what he’s saying is an implication. Corporations are only interested in their own profits (, even when it causes the early deaths of those who pay the bills and create that profit.) The implication here is that profit is a bad thing. It’s not. It’s how it’s used, much like the old chestnut about the LOVE of money being the root of all evil, not the money itself.

By: Semperfidd

Semperfidd — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:54:22 +0000

I was not trying to be an ass or anything. It is just that 1 in 4 or 25% seemed way high and I was wondering what was considered in those statistics. I can see how it could be high if miscarrages where included.

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:53:38 +0000

This thread is killing me.

*pours the tea*

Cream, mate?

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:53:14 +0000

Those anti-reform commercials are powerful. Those are “real” Canadians, doncha know. How can that not be the truth???!!!

By: suicide_blonde

suicide_blonde — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:52:28 +0000

SOYLENT WHEAT IS MADE OF PEOPLE!!! IT’S MADE OF PEEEEOOOOPPPLLLEEEE!!!

Also, it’s loaded with gluten, so those with allergies should avoid it.

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:45:02 +0000

That’s true. Rahm is a mere amateur compared to Cheney & Rove.

By: No1askedme

No1askedme — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:40:16 +0000

Because the US has better medical technology available, and the Canadians have insurance to pay for it. In the US, our citizens cannot get any treatment without insurance, which a lot of people do not have. Next dumb question please!

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:32 +0000

How could I forget that??!!

By: No1askedme

No1askedme — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:31 +0000

He said “farmers”, not “farms”. So he was technically excluding corporate farms.

By: Dhoti

Dhoti — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:57 +0000

What do you mean by that, Rando? Our definitions of "improper prenatal care" might differ, but I don't ever recall hearing that improper nutrition, lack of prenatal vitamins, etc. contribute to miscarriage risk. Here's a quick link that lists common causes of miscarriage; I don't see anything there that I'd classify as improper prenatal care.

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:10 +0000

“Try educating yourselves before making stupid comments and embarrassing yourselves”

The same could be said for you. Just sayin.

By: No1askedme

No1askedme — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:29:59 +0000

Even I don’t trust wikipedia on its own merits. Never since I made the mistake of using it on a history report back in high school.

By: No1askedme

No1askedme — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:27:46 +0000

I still don’t see it. All he said is that corporations are only interested in their own profits. That’s the truth.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:27:13 +0000

I’m talking about how it works in the public option. Read the post I was responding to.

Also depending on how you look at it, you could say the retailer pays sale tax as a cut of his profits.

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:26:54 +0000

I live in the U.S. so I have every right to make judgments about the healthcare system here. I have family in Canada from whom I get first-hand, personal accounts about their healthcare system. I have lived in Europe so I am intimate with how their health systems functions. Anything else?

By: No1askedme

No1askedme — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:23:58 +0000

Soylent wheat FTW?

By: froofrou the Barenaked Lady

froofrou the Barenaked Lady — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:22:42 +0000

They are not an opinion channel any more than the whole of MSNBC is an opinion channel. They have news anchors, news programs, pundits and opinion programs, and regular shows just like every other news station out there.

What is it with people mixing up news and opinion?

Also, the White House very much did call out a couple of people that it’s waging a personal war with, what with Gibb’s comments about “let’s watch Fox at 5 and 9.” Clearly, that’s a slam against Beck and Hannity, who make no bones about the fact that they aren’t journalists.

Shepard Smith and the other anchors, on the other hand, are journalists, and behave as such.

By: justacarolinian

justacarolinian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:19:32 +0000

No I haven’t.

By: froofrou the Barenaked Lady

froofrou the Barenaked Lady — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:18:29 +0000

Have you heard the new one to the tune of RUbberBand Man?

By: Sigh

Sigh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:17:21 +0000

“That was about the point where I had to hit “mute” on the phone because I was actually cracking up.”

You have a lot more patience than most.

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:17:19 +0000

Ah, but for who? That’s the real question. The middle class didn’t thrive off of Reagonomics. Neither did the lower class.

By: HelOnWheels

HelOnWheels — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:13:31 +0000

*jealous*
That’s too much pork for just one fork!!!

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:12:56 +0000

And apology accepted.

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:01:14 +0000

Pfft. They’re not sitting around in Parliament. They’re watching TV! The Leafs-Canadiens game is on!

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:00:07 +0000

I think it’s interesting that a bunch of Americans who don’t really know anything about Canada are storming in and saying how awful Canadian health care is…while actual Canadians are coming in and telling the truth.

By: justacarolinian

justacarolinian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:58:50 +0000

Are we going to have to come up with a Godwin’s law for Hannity? Or an ordinal post rule about Dolberman?

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:58:44 +0000

Knowing is half the battle.

(Porkchop sandwiches!)

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:57:59 +0000

I also heard that Canada eats babies and that hockey pucks are made from the souls of Americans. /sarcasm

By: justacarolinian

justacarolinian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:56:55 +0000

Thing #1 and Thing # 2

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:56:26 +0000

Hmmm…Beauty & the Beast was wrong. Please, DON’T be our Guest. I’d call you an idiot in return for this nonsense, but even idiots stand a chance of being right once in a while. You couldn’t find your ass with two hands and a flashlight. Turn off the Hannity, lay off the Kool-Aid, and find out the less psychotic truth.

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:53:12 +0000

And FTR, everyone, Dr. House is a fictional character.

By: justacarolinian

justacarolinian — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:51:50 +0000

*snerk*

By: Sigh

Sigh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:49:58 +0000

DRH’s Law is now in effect…

It is like Goodwin’s Law but with Glenn Beck instead of Hitler.

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:49:34 +0000

Funny, I’ve never heard that.

By: Rando the Floydist/Beatlist

Rando the Floydist/Beatlist — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:48:30 +0000

Some of it is a natural part of life. Others are when something goes horribly wrong with the pregnancy. Improper prenatal care can result in miscarriage very easily. Why would women be getting improper prenatal care? Maybe they can’t afford to go to the doctor.

By: Sigh

Sigh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:46:57 +0000

Go easy…they are Canadian.

By: Sigh

Sigh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:39:30 +0000

Good luck with that.

If people had to back up what they say/write with actual unbiased fact or risk being paddled in the genitals the internet and world in general would be for the most part silent…though I can’t really back that up