re: For those in favor of Single Payor govt healthcare, why do Canadians come here

You can get hepatitis for free in Mexico.

Are you fine with reducing our military spending to EU levels so we can further increase our spending on entitlements?

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if you don't want to wait

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This.

Dr. Canuck: 'So, ma'am, you want breast enhancement surgery? No problem. We've got you down for Wednesday.'

Her: 'Wonderful!'

Dr. Canuck: "Yep. Wednesday, June 28, 2021. I'll be retired by then but I'll leave a message in my files for my replacement."

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If there system is so great, why then do they come here for some of their healthcare?

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Because they can afford concierge care?

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Don't you think if the US went to single payor we would also see these same issues popping up like in Canada?

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Well, the concierge physicians aren't going anywhere. They are here, and more would become available with any single payor system implementation. So, no, I don't think you would have similar medical tourism behavior from US medical consumers. Their higher cost alternative is already here.

I see nothing to indicate that this is a true statement:

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there are a lot of countries that can provide the same quality at lower prices and better amenities

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Low cost OR good ammenities OR quality care does not equal what you said.

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I am not sure what good it would do when you would probably just spend 8 pages trying to argue a misrepresentation of context.

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Well, lesson learned is to be accurate from the start. You call it semantics, I call it accuracy. When people like BamaAtl use these things to flat out lie, it's amusing. When people with authority to make change do it, it's a concern.

Just, be accurate with your information and your words. It's not that hard.

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Are you fine with reducing our military spending to EU levels so we can further increase our spending on entitlements?

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Why is it either or? We currently spend more in public money in healthcare per person than all but like 2 or 3 out of 58 UHC countries?

If anything, after the initial investment, operating costs should be brought down depending on what reform you pursue.

It is crazy to go on as a country having three separate bureaucracies that all do basically the same function but in vastly different ways....with talk now of adding a fourth in subsidized high-risk pools.

Or prevent our government from saving itself and consumers money by negotiating drug prices. The savings of which could partially be used in any number of manners.

Actual visit to Canadian healthcare system.



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Overall or as a percentage?

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To the same percentage they spend.

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6 minutes

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Sweet deflection, but we're approaching four hours here.

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Why do Americans go to Canada and Mexico to buy prescription drugs?

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They go to Canada because Canada has a closed market which provides some medications at a discount. They go to Mexico because the economy there is so shitty, the demand for pharmaceuticals is low.