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Privateer
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| ^ A 7 trillion dollar bailout and there are still people here who believe the free market exists? |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
I'm in my forties and lived in Canada most of my life. I have yet to meet one of these fabled people who cross the border to buy medical procedures. Like the Loch Ness monster, perhaps they exist.
In my lifetime, Canada has become less British and more American in culture. Nevertheless, health care is one of those non-negotiables in Canada. It's been around since the 60s and it will not be given up without a tremendous fight. It would be the third rail of politics.
I like Michael Moore's books and movies, but he knows beans about Canada. There is more to the country than southern rural Ontario. Someone who seems to have such a global outlook should be better informed than to think homeowners in Winnipeg don't lock their doors. |
I'm only 30, and when I was in Canada I had a coworker who went to the US for some tests. There was also a mother in Calgary who had to be flown to the US to give birth or something like that (I'd have to dig up the news story on it)
As for the rest of, at only 30 I can see a big difference between Canada when I was a teenager and now. The Canadian government tries to fight it with requiring certain percentages of content on TV and radio be Canadian but it doesn't really do anything. With the internet and greater access to american media through cable TV, what little cultural differences there were between Canada and the US are mostly gone and only kept alive by an aging generation. |
In case anyone is interested:
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/blog/post/should-premiere-danny-williams-have-to-explain-his-us-surgery |
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