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re: Rand Paul going to Canada for surgery
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:45 pm to Joshjrn
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:45 pm to Joshjrn
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Liberatards?
That's almost as weak as thinking you're winning political points by thinking that an American going to a private Canadian hospital is somehow indicative of an argument in favor of the Canadian healthcare system.
Most Canadian hospitals are privately owned. This hospital is privately owned they get most of its revenue from the Ontario Government. They accept Ontario insurance and if you read the article they gets most of its funding from the government. Plus you would think Rand Paul would practice what he preaches. I guess he can't find healthcare in the US to suit his needs.
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Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:51 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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Most Canadian hospitals are privately owned. This hospital is privately owned they get most of its revenue from the Ontario Government. They accept Ontario insurance and if you read the article they gets most of its funding from the government. Plus you would think Rand Paul would practice what he preaches. I guess he can't find healthcare in the US to suit his needs.
Pretty sure no reasonable person has ever claimed that the US has the absolute best doctor/surgeon in every single discipline known to medicine. Arguing that because someone is seeking out a specific surgeon in Canada that it means that the entire Canadian healthcare paradigm is superior is a level of obtuse that strains credulity.
This post was edited on 1/14/19 at 11:33 pm
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:51 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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They accept Ontario insurance and if you read the article they gets most of its revenue from the government
FIFY
Dolt
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:52 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Feel free to gtfo and head north, progtard.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:38 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Amazing in a free country you can choose where to get treatment unlike countries like the UK with socialized medicine that let kids die instead of trying a new procedure somewhere else
Posted on 1/14/19 at 8:20 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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Most Canadian hospitals are privately owned. This hospital is privately owned they get most of its revenue from the Ontario Government. They accept Ontario insurance and if you read the article they gets most of its funding from the government.
You keep repeating this as if it's some kinda gotcha. Why do you think this sets Shouldice apart from American hospitals in this aspect? Do you know what the payer mix is for Shouldice? How many are out of pocket? The payer mix for an average U.S. hospital?
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I guess he can't find healthcare in the US to suit his needs.
Or he's electing to have his surgery performed at a world-renowned hospital which happens to be the only one that specifically treats hernias. And he's fortunate enough to do so out of pocket.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 1:20 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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they get most of its revenue from the Ontario Government.
Which gets all of its funding from deductions from taxpayer checks
There’s even a line item for medical on Canadian paystubs
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