Canadian Health Care

Konakat, welcome home. Hope you have an easy transition back to Canada.

Welcome home Konakat.  I never had such a good customs experience.  But I've had some pretty funny customs experiences.

I missed the whole protocols of Zion thing - is that some Mormon thing?

Enjoyful, U of Waterloo is great, but I'm surprised that the campus should have captured your attention.  It always seemed a bit bleak to me.  I may have been there too often in the winter.

U of Waterloo is wonderful. And if she really wants a smaller community there are the little residential colleges (St. Jerome, Conrad Grebel, and some others) that really provide a home base for their kids.

Thanks, revkat!  They told us a little about the colleges but I'm not sure how the whole system works.  They didn't have such things at my university.

Not a Mormon thing, mke . . . it's a document dating back to czarist Russia purporting to show a Jewish conspiracy for world domination.  I threw it out there after hearing for the umpteenth time how U.S. health care reform is a plot by the Federal Reserve and the IRS to give more women cancer so that Ezekiel Emmanuel can euthanize them.  Or something like that.  Arghhh!

Linda

(edited to add: I obviously missed the last page of posts that explained the reference.  oops.)

Thanks for the references.  I don't think I will delve into it very deeply.  I guess I thought it might be a Mormon thing because of Zion National Park.

Well, I just lost it on another thread.   I don't know why I bother reading some of the other threads.  The lies perpetuated about Canada's healthcare system is truly disgusting.  I really think that certain people spend their time googling problems in Canada so they could feel better about themselves......UGH....sorry neeed to vent!!!!

Louder makes more righter.  :-)

What a warm welcome back!!!  I'm a bit more awake now -- full of shortbread cookies and coffee.

LAYNE -- I now know what to get Mom for Christmas -- Idiot Americans.  I'll get a copy for myself from the library. 

Waterloo is a wonderful university and beautiful area.  ENJOYFUL -- you will be able to come to the Ontario get-togethers!  I can't wait for my first one.

My-my -- the health care bill and mammo guidelines have become a zionist protocol?  How things morph over a few days.  Hahahaha -- re. microchipping pets!  I'm trying not to get pissed at some of the posts, sometimes I gotta say something.

I've suffered without the internet and you ladies.  Somehow I have to detach myself from my laptop today and get some curtains and other stuff.  I've already flashed the apartment dwellers across the street a few times.  And a library card!  I need books!  It feels pretty nice being home.  Your welcome back means so very much to me.  Big smooches.

Elizabeth

Ooops -- didn't mean to get the title of the book wrong.  Maybe it was because I was catching up on the threads and read a post about only the US having a constitution.  Too hilarious!! 

Mary:

I can only imagine how sick of the Canada bashing you and everyone else must be. My response would be to ask them what I asked you guys a few days ago. 

Name one Canadian politician or public figure who is currently arguing to privatize the Canadian system. I mean, if it's as horrendous as people say it is (worse than the free clinics in the U.S. where some people are treated in cattle stalls), then it shouldn't be at all difficult to name names. Seriously.

But be sure to warn them that Sarah Palin doesn't count! 

Rico:

I love it your response!!  As many of us already wrote, NO Canadian politician would dare try to privatize healthcare.  It would be the end of their career.

On another note, my dad was rushed to the emergency on Wednesday.  He had a high fever and was having trouble breathing.  He was seen immediately by doctors who were afraid he had H1N1.  Thankfully he doesn't.  He has pneumonia (not a good thing to have when you are 80).  He is doing much better today.  He is getting great care, and I am so grateful I live in this great country where my elderly parents don't have to worry about "death panels" and arguing with insurance companies. 

Mary:

Sending mega positive vibes your dad's way. 

This is kind of a crappy time of year for me. My father was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few days before Christmas several years ago.

If it were within my power, I would make it a rule that nothing bad can happen to the people we love at this time of the year. It's so wrong. 

Please keep us up to date with how he's doing. 

enjoyful got censored on Shirley's thread.

I guess that's one way to win an argument. 

Sorry, ladies, for you guys getting dragged into America's insanity. 

I guess it stopped being funny for me when Shirley tried to defend health care in a stall.

I think she's actually serious.