Why is it a waste of natural resources? It could be recycled wood for all we know.
I don't see how it's any worse than wallpaper. That still comes from trees... but it's used a lot of resources to get from the "tree" stage to the "paste-backed paper" stage.
Yeah, but our government still picks up the tab when people have to be sent elsewhere for treatment. These folks won't have to worry about losing their house just because they had to use hospital services.
It's not "socialized medicine" itself that's the problem. It's the government and all of its cutbacks in funding. We've had socialized medicine for many years, and it's only in the last few that there have been stories about bed shortages and sending people elsewhere for treatment. Living right next to the U.S. doesn't help either (where do you think the doctors choose to go? The country with socialized medicine, or the country where they can charge for every Band-Aid and blood test?).
Continue to bash our system all you like. But it does make me wonder whether:
A) you are rich. B) you have excellent (expensive) insurance. C) you have ever needed the services of a hospital.
If you are poor, have no insurance, and have been in the unfortunate position of needing medical attention, I can't understand why you'd be so eager to tear apart a system that, for the most part, helps a lot of people.
If I ever need the services of a hospital, I'd much rather be in Canada than in the U.S.
I'm sure she'll love that name when she's older.
I don't see how it's any worse than wallpaper. That still comes from trees... but it's used a lot of resources to get from the "tree" stage to the "paste-backed paper" stage.
http://www.island.net/~sointula/history.html
It's not "socialized medicine" itself that's the problem. It's the government and all of its cutbacks in funding. We've had socialized medicine for many years, and it's only in the last few that there have been stories about bed shortages and sending people elsewhere for treatment. Living right next to the U.S. doesn't help either (where do you think the doctors choose to go? The country with socialized medicine, or the country where they can charge for every Band-Aid and blood test?).
Continue to bash our system all you like. But it does make me wonder whether:
A) you are rich.
B) you have excellent (expensive) insurance.
C) you have ever needed the services of a hospital.
If you are poor, have no insurance, and have been in the unfortunate position of needing medical attention, I can't understand why you'd be so eager to tear apart a system that, for the most part, helps a lot of people.
If I ever need the services of a hospital, I'd much rather be in Canada than in the U.S.