tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post1330247490125654753..comments2024-02-17T03:26:26.997-05:00Comments on Life With Two Little Vikings: Pre-Reform RationingBeth/Mom2TwoVikingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093286971978819404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-29132731570183374662009-11-24T19:02:48.474-05:002009-11-24T19:02:48.474-05:00PS my maiden name is Werner...maybe we are related...PS my maiden name is Werner...maybe we are related...Unashamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345811007444142398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-14217116337293165092009-11-24T19:01:06.309-05:002009-11-24T19:01:06.309-05:00Kat, I'm curious as to what you experienced un...Kat, I'm curious as to what you experienced under the Canadian system that left you with such a bad impression? Can you share specifics?Unashamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345811007444142398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-74199055788100285692009-11-24T16:24:05.627-05:002009-11-24T16:24:05.627-05:00Another thing not covered under the Canadian syste...Another thing not covered under the Canadian system is medication, you still have to buy that on your own.<br /><br />And yes, under the government program you MUST get health coverage or you will be fined. I don't need the government telling me if I do or do not need health care.<br /><br />Again, as I said health care needs a lot of help, but it is MUCH better here than I ever saw in Librarykathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775219789257597696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-65864360098525235952009-11-24T13:53:08.673-05:002009-11-24T13:53:08.673-05:00I think there's a big difference between gover...I think there's a big difference between government RUN healthcare and government FUNDED healthcare. There's a misconception that the Canadian system is "socialized" and that the government calls the shots and manages care. That's not really the case. Yes, the government is involved insofar as they fund providers, hospitals and health services, and yes they do put limits Unashamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345811007444142398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-23931111843729508692009-11-24T13:20:01.821-05:002009-11-24T13:20:01.821-05:00Kat - I didn't know you had lived in Canada so...Kat - I didn't know you had lived in Canada so I'm glad you threw you're two cents in.<br /><br />Anita - I was hoping you'd pipe in because I feel really torn. Used to be our "employer supplied" insurance was just unbeatable and "gov't" coverage was downright awful.<br /><br />But, it feels like the scale has tipped somewhere in the last few years. I don&#Beth/Mom2TwoVikingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093286971978819404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-49401631824979000212009-11-24T12:32:37.111-05:002009-11-24T12:32:37.111-05:00I can't even imagine what it would be like to ...I can't even imagine what it would be like to have to stop and decide whether or not to go to the doctor. Having lived under the Canadian system of universal health care all my life (I'm 43) I really can't understand the American resistance to it. <br /><br />First of all, no one is FORCED to be covered under the government health plan (plans, actually, as each province administers Unashamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345811007444142398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670999577068514764.post-45197506910890436292009-11-23T23:40:34.443-05:002009-11-23T23:40:34.443-05:00There is NOTHING like the health care rationing th...There is NOTHING like the health care rationing that will go on under a government program. I lived in Canada under a government program and health care here is amazing compared to there.<br /><br />In Canada we could not get a family doctor because none could afford to take new patients. There weren't really walk in clinics, you had to go to the E.R. and you had to pay for health care if Librarykathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775219789257597696noreply@blogger.com