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[Fwd: Fw: Fw: Canadian health care - from a friend's view whoFrom: mark decker (mhdmd@wi.rr.com)Wed Oct 10 11:53:31 2007
>Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:34:21 -0600 (MDT) >From: whispersjade@ttc-cmc.net >Subject: [Fwd: Fw: Fw: Canadian health care - from a friend's view >who lives in > Canada] >To: msandre0228@yahoo.com, im2angel@hotmail.com, touchdragon@yahoo.com, > blessyu2@msn.com, lynnbard@webtv.net, mhdmd@wi.rr.com, > inhishands0@gmail.com, > sarahjasmine@hotmail.com, patrickbonanza@hotmail.com, > sueniteclerk@yahoo.com, > antonia.witt@gmail.com >User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 >X-MID: 1264704781 >X-RR-Connecting-IP: 216.129.224.17 >X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine >Original-recipient: rfc822;mhdmd@wi.rr.com > >Please Be Aware, Hillary will do this to US > > Subject: Canadian health care - from a friend's view who lives in Canada > > This is a bit shocking. I checked Snopes and found nothing but >beware. > > Interesting read - WHAT ARE WE IN FOR HERE IN THE USA????? HEALTH >CARE PLAN FROM THE GOVERNMENT??????? > > On the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her > new health care plan. Something similar to what we have in >Canada. I also heard that Michael Moore was raving about the >health care up here in Canada in his latest movie. As your friend >and someone who lives with the Canada health care plan I thought >I would give you some facts about this great medical plan that we >have in Canada. > > First of all: > > 1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a premium >every month of $96. for Shirley and I to be covered. Sounds great >eh. What they don't tell you is how much we pay in taxes to keep >the health care system afloat. I am personally in the 55% tax >bracket. Yes 55% of my earnings go to taxes. A large portion of >that and I am not sure of the exact amount goes directly to >health care our #1 expense. > > 2) I would not classify what we have as health care plan, it is >more like a health diagnosis system. You can get into to see a >doctor quick enough so he can tell you "yes indeed you are sick >or you need an operation" but now the challenge becomes getting >treated or operated on. We have waiting lists out the ying yang >some as much as 2 years down the road. > > 3) Rather than fix what is wrong with you the usual tactic in >Canada is to prescribe drugs. Have a pain here is a drug to take- >not what is causing the pain and why. No time for checking you >out because it is more important to move as many patients thru as >possible each hour for Government re-imbursement > > 4) Many Canadians do not have a family Doctor. > > 5) Don't require emergency treatment as you may wait for hours in >the emergency room waiting for treatment. > > 6) Shirley's dad cut his hand on a power saw a few weeks back and >it required that his hand be put in a splint - to our surprise we >had to pay $125. for a splint because it is not covered under >health care plus we have to pay $60. for each visit for him to >check it out each week. > > 7) Shirley's cousin was diagnosed with a heart blockage. Put on a >waiting list . Died before he could get treatment. > > 8) Government allots so many operations per year. When that is >done no more operations, unless you go to your local newspaper >and plead your case and embarrass the government then money >suddenly appears. > > 9)The Government takes great pride in telling us how much more >they are increasing the funding for health care but waiting lists >never get shorter. Government just keeps throwing money at the >problem but it never goes away. But they are good at finding new >ways to tax us, but they don't call it a tax anymore it is now a >user fee. > > 10) My mother needs an operation for a blockage in her leg but >because she is a smoker they will not do it. Despite her and my >father paying into the health care system all these years. My Mom >is 80 years of age. Now there is talk that maybe we should not >treat fat and obese people either because they are a drain on the >health care system. Let me see now, what we want in Canada is a >health care system for healthy people only. That should reduce >our health care costs. > > 11) Forget getting a second opinion, what you see is what you get. > > 12) I can spend what money I have left after taxes on booze, >cigarettes, junk food and anything else that could kill me but I >am not allowed by law to spend my money on getting an operation I >need because that would be jumping the queue. I must wait my turn >except if I am a hockey player or athlete then I can get looked >at right away. Go figger. Where else in the world can you spend >money to kill yourself but not allowed to spend money to get >healthy. > > 13) Oh did I mention that immigrants are covered automatically at >tax payer expense having never contributed a dollar to the system >and pay no premiums. > > 14) Oh yeh we now give free needles to drug users to try and keep >them healthy. Wouldn't want a sickly druggie breaking into your >house and stealing your things. But people with diabetes who pay >into the health care system have to pay for their needles because >it is not covered but the health care system. > > I send this out not looking for sympathy but as the election looms >in the states you will be hearing more and more about universal >health care down there and the advocates will be pointing to >Canada. I just want to make sure that you hear the truth about >health care up here and have some food for thought and informed >questions to ask when broached with this subject. > > Step wisely and don't make the same mistakes we have. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > No virus found in this incoming message. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1029 - Release Date: >9/24/2007 7:09 PM >
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