Canadian Health Care

Barbe, it's great to see your post!  I know you were going through some "testing", and so I'm hoping everything is okay??

Hugs, Linda

My ultra sound on my breast was brushed off by the radiologist as all normal tissue so I'm happy. My bone scan results I'll get on the 8th. At first they said 15th, but I called back and begged. I even went to medical records in the hospital but they were going to charge me $50!

I was reading in today's paper that Sarah Palin said that we Canadians should get rid of our health care system and let it be a for profit enterprise. Why does anyone give that woman any media coverage?

I saw her on Oprah about a week ago. IMHO she is tres scary. She actually tried to make people think she holds no hard feelings towards the father of her daughters child (can't remember his name) who is apparently saying all sorts of awful things about the Palin family.

Leslie, I saw that bit on The View tonight as well........funny. But, you never know.

I don't understand why, when we say we like our Canadian system, that some Americans take that as being critical of them and get upset.

Excuse me for crashing your site.   The above post is the exact thing I was talking about.  It's just not nice. Period. You are making fun of Americans.  This has been going on for a while on your site and has so turned me off that I have cancelled my plans for this summer.  I don't want to visit and spend my money where I'm not welcom.

I think you've posted your change of plans twice now.  OK, you aren't going to come to Canada, we get it.  But do you expect that the thought of you not spending your money is going to make Palin look less silly or the gun culture more appealing? 

Mary, you are the only one to see how this can be taken as bashing, thank you.  To the others,  I'm glad you get it. Mke, you make a comment about guns which has nothing to do with healthcare or bashing of america. I get it, you don't like guns.  Yea, and your point.  I don't either.  Guess what, my husband does. He is a collector and enjoys shooting at the range.  My both sons are marines and own guns, and have both been to Iraq for our country.  My older son is a police officer and owns off duty guns.  We are responsible people who know how to take care of firearms, and I resent your comments making Americans seem like crazy gun toting idiots who leave their guns around so children can go shooting at each other.  Guess what.  Those guns that are left aound are usually illegal guns... Not registered to normal law abiding citizens...   You can take every gun away from these good folk, and the illegal guns will still be out there.You have been doing nothing but showing a nasty side to your southern neighbors, and I guess the healthcare issue in our country has given you a platform to spout your hatred.  Sorry you feel this way. I'm done. Leslie, there is a difference between explaining your healthcare system and making fun of us...  I have no problem with your health system, if it works for you, but I don't like the tone that these posts are conveying.

With all due respect, our healthcare issues do not affect you.. . You are happy with your system, fine, so be it, but it has nothing to do with you... As far as the war "we initiated with Iraq and Afganistan, , you didn't watch the towers fall, as we did, and I hope you didn't lose anyone there , as we did.  We were attacked, Canada was not, and again, this is off the issue.  I don't want to discuss the healthcare issue, my complaint has been that since the thread started about Healthcare in America, it just seems to me, that there is a small group from Canada who is very vocal, and if others don't agree with what they say, the tone becomes mean...  You can deny it, but I even pointed it out in an exact post. I have been watching this go on for many weeks, and it is really truly not nice.  That is my main reason for posting on your site.  I hope some of you stop and think about what you are saying before posting.   I won't be answering any more of these posts, I would rather concern myself with the issue at hand Breast Cancer, and I'm going to enjoy my family and friends today, on our Thanksgiving Day.

MittMott:  You might not respond to this post, but I have no doubt you'll read it.....

Forty-one Canadians died on 9/11 in the towers, and where do you think all the planes (with many thousands of American passengers) were forced to land when your airports were closed?  And who put them up and took care of their every need in the days before they were allowed back home?   Oh, and a few years ago our police uncovered a terrorist plot which, if they hadn't, would have caused almost as much destruction of life and property here in Canada.

Your apparent lack of peripheral vision just doesn't seem to allow you to believe that when something bad happens in your country, it does affect others.  We worry about your healthcare system because -- yes -- it certainly does affect us.  If it causes the U.S. to go bankrupt, do you honestly think we won't be affected -- and severely???

With power comes responsibility.

If our tone has seemed, at times, nasty, it's only in response to the nastiness and insults about our healthcare that we've read over and over here for many, many months. We Canadians are known for apologizing, and I've already apologized to you. Enjoy your thanksgiving with your family, and I hope you will have many, many more to enjoy as well.

Linda

You are right linda, i did read .   I didn't say what happens here doesn't affect others, but guess what, we don't have to be responsible for the world. If the rest of the world doesn't like us, they don't have to take our money or help.  Again, I have not bashed your system, I could care less about it honestly, but again, I find the entire attitude on some of these posts to be horrible. You actually  don't know my beliefs on the Iraq war, but it annoyed me the way, you seem to put all the blame on us.  Now you are worried about our healthcare, because we might go bankrupt and it might affect other countries , You bet it would, but again, it's still our business what is decided on in our country for our country. We might go bankrupt trying to pay for all the programs Obama wants. Others can have opinions, but they don't have to be so mean spirited.  You keep saying we don't want to  believe you about your system... some do, some don't, but again, you shouldn't be bashing all americans..  Having people writing, no wonder their kids go around shooting others, etc., glad I don't live there, etc, is just plain meaness.I keep saying I'm not interested in this debate.  People can debate it all they want, that's not what's bugging me... it's the nasty tone in many of the posts.

My sister has lived in the states for over 30 years now, so I get an inside track on the issues right in her home. Her healthcare costs are $1,200 a month for a family of 4. My mother worked hospice in White Rock, BC, right at the border of Washington state. Her hospital got tons of people crossing the border to get "free" healthcare in Canada.

Hi Ann -- that must have been horrific when the towers fell and living so close.

Mittmott -- Canadians get upset when they are lied about and used to push a particular agenda in the US.  We don't like our healthcare system lied about to spread lies to Americans.  Having lived in the US for 3.5 years I am repeatedly having to correct the garbage that I hear about Canada. 

I know!!!!  I'm really sad (re. b/f -- packing his stuff today).  Of course we're leaving it until Saturday to rent a locker to store some of our stuff in...I'm not the procrastinator...I've been packing for over a month now!  But happy to be in Canada. 

I drive up Sunday, organize stuff Monday, move in Tuesday and then sleep coupled with depression when awake.  I am looking forward to the new place -- love decorating and the apt is in my fav Ottawa neighbourhood -- a mere 5 short blocks from Parliament Hill so I can go up and slap some sense into them as needed!

What a busy weekend!! Make sure you fortify yourself with lots of cake and/or chocolate.