Castro resigns!!!!

[RP33]

Stupid question..

Does 'free healthcare' include prescription drugs?

[CFH]

The US spends a lot more on healthcare than most developed nations do and with a far worse overall result. The only parts of the US system that function competitively and efficiently are the parts that are socialised. When the baby boomers retire the inefficient and expensive US corporate socialist healthcare system will collapse and be replaced by one like Canada's, unless pressure from US corporations who face global uncompetitiveness from soaring healthcare costs compared to their socialised healthcare country competitors doesn't bring about change first.

Canada doesn't need a military as it faces no serious threat and doesn't have a empire to run. If it did run a empire the economic growth from the empire would have meant low taxes in Canada too.



According to the OECD rankings of healthcare systems the US comes in just behind Costa Rica.

Canada doesn't need a military because we have a badass friend to the south who looks out for us. If it wasn't for the U.S., I think the resources alone in Canada would attract some trouble. Not that I'm sure anyone could actually reasonable conquer and pacify country this size

[CFH]

Stupid question..

Does 'free healthcare' include prescription drugs?

Not here it doesn't, but a lot of employers have plans that will cover them.

[Kirkland Laing]

Stupid question..

Does 'free healthcare' include prescription drugs?

Pretty much. You may have to pay a few pounds per prescription if you're employed but under 16/over 65/unemployed it's free. Some prescriptions in the States can cost a couple of hundred dollars a month, right?

[CFH]

Depends on your current condition.. I mean, if you're taken into the ER and they need to figure out what's wrong with you asap, then you'll get it done on the spot..

But, for example, i had recurring migraines when i was younger, and after visiting the doctor 2 or 3 times he suggested i should get one.. You get a slip of paper, and then you go to the building where they do x-rays/cat scans etc, and you get it done..

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is how i'd go about it.. I'd go to my normal doctor, ask him if he'd recommend a cat scan, or tell him i'd like to get one just to be safe, and he'll fill out a sheet of paper saying my name, and saying what i need done, and tell me to take it to the lab where they do CAT scans.. it's really that simple.

Other things that may take longer, like an MRI or something like that, are usually scheduled within the same week.

I was asking about CAT scans because I'm supposed to go and get one. It most likely is not serious, but there is a chance that I might have some sort of neurological problem, so my doctor wants to make sure. I'll have to wait for at least 2 months to get it done, and that's a best case senario, so I was just curious how long you guys would have to wait because TM said that there were wait times down there as well.

[Kirkland Laing]

Canada doesn't need a military because we have a badass friend to the south who looks out for us. If it wasn't for the U.S., I think the resources alone in Canada would attract some trouble. Not that I'm sure anyone could actually reasonable conquer and pacify country this size

Who "looks out for you"? Calm down, for god's sake, Canada faces no threat whatsoever. The only country on earth whose economy could concievably afford an occupation of Canada is the US but it would still be impossible for them.

[RP33]

Not here it doesn't, but a lot of employers have plans that will cover them.

just curious.. because there are a few ways to look at it..

For the everyday run of the mill cold/sinus etc problems, people would be at the doctors office holding up spots for people who are actually sick.. I think that as far as the US goes, if our healthcare BECOMES (key word) free, then it would be different if originally it was free.. Meaning, while we're alive here in the US, if it becomes free, you will have everyone saying "oh, your head hurts?.. well go check it out, it's free now".. There will be a few generations of this until people take it seriously and only go to the Doctor for real problems.. It would be like if anything else that we normally paid for became free.. we'd overuse it..



Anyway, for the above stated illnesses it would really suck due to time waiting to see a doctor and such.. But as far as terminal illnesses and such go, it would be great.. Everyone would be able to have a fair chance at staying alive and getting the care they needed.. My sister's friend, has a son who is something like 1 year old and he has some sort of cancer in his eye, and the Co-Pay for his medicine is upwards of $500.. just the co-pay, the insurance covers the rest.. Thankfully she has a lot of money (she runs a daycare) so she is able to afford this medication.. But a middle class type of income would struggle..

[Trainer Monkey]

Not here it doesn't, but a lot of employers have plans that will cover them.

Not here it doesnt

[RP33]

I was asking about CAT scans because I'm supposed to go and get one. It most likely is not serious, but there is a chance that I might have some sort of neurological problem, so my doctor wants to make sure. I'll have to wait for at least 2 months to get it done, and that's a best case senario, so I was just curious how long you guys would have to wait because TM said that there were wait times down there as well.

Yeah, again, it depends on your condition normally.. I live in a very densely populated area here, so i think that if there was someone who could answer the question, it would probably be myself.. If i woke up tomorrow morning, and wanted a CAT scan done, i'd call my doctor, and they'd schedule me probably by the end of the week to see me, considering it's not considered a "sick visit".. If it was a "sick visit", then if i call early enough in the day when they first open, I'd normally be able to get in by the end of the day.. So anyway, i get the appointment (the non-sick visit) by the end of the week, lets say friday.. I go in, tell him i want a CAT scan, if he agrees, then he writes me out a sheet and with something like a CAT scan, it doesn't take long so i can usually just go at my earliest convenience.. i could wait a few weeks if i wanted, or i could go on my way home..

Not the long ago, i broke my toe, and the Doctor wanted me to get an x-ray just to make sure that there were no problem with the joints or something because it could require surgery if that were the case or something.. so he wrote me out a sheet saying which toe on which foot i needed x-ray'd and then i drove down the street to the lab, and they did it for me on the spot..

[CFH]

Who "looks out for you"? Calm down, for god's sake, Canada faces no threat whatsoever. The only country on earth whose economy could concievably afford an occupation of Canada is the US but it would still be impossible for them.

Lol, I'm not upset about anything, but the US is a big reason that Canada doesn't face many threats. We do face some threats, Al Queda has threatened Canada before.

[Kirkland Laing]

Lol, I'm not upset about anything, but the US is a big reason that Canada doesn't face many threats. We do face some threats, Al Queda has threatened Canada before.

So you're facing a non-military threat from terrorists. Still no reason to have a military. Nobody could afford to invade you apart from the States. The only reason to have a military is if you think they're going to invade. They don't even need to invade because the American-arse-licking brigade in the Canadian parliament already signed Canada up to allowing them first dibs at your own oil resources before you get a chance to buy it. So you don't even face a military threat from the States now.

[CFH]

So you're facing a non-military threat from terrorists. Still no reason to have a military. Nobody could afford to invade you apart from the States. The only reason to have a military is if you think they're going to invade. They don't even need to invade because the American-arse-licking brigade in the Canadian parliament already signed Canada up to allowing them first dibs at your own oil resources before you get a chance to buy it. So you don't even face a military threat from the States now.

Terrorist threats are no reason to have a military Who would attempt to stop them then, our unarmed border guards?
There are plenty of other reasons to have a military aside from turning back an expected invasion, and just because there are no threats currently facing a country does not mean that there will not be threats in the future.

[Kirkland Laing]

Terrorist threats are no reason to have a military Who would attempt to stop them then, our unarmed border guards?
There are plenty of other reasons to have a military aside from turning back an expected invasion, and just because there are no threats currently facing a country does not mean that there will not be threats in the future.

You're not going to get invaded by terrorists. You don't stop them with a military, they're an intelligence and police threat. Every available American and British soldier has been in Iraq for the last five years and created the world centre of terrorism while terrorism has increased worldwide by thousands of percent, while handing control of the world's second-largest oil reserve to an axis-of-evil terrorist nation. So clearly the military isn't the way to go on this one.

Canada faces zero threat of invasion now that it's handed the rights to its natural resources over to America. Now or in the future. It's just too cold and really not worth the bother or the expense.

I've been to Whistler though and it was nice. My girlfriend loves British Columbia flower exports too.

[El Kabong]

Let's just stop this insanity right now....it's not FREE healthcare...it's paid for by the tax payers....don't get fooled!

Something does need to be done about the health insurance issue it needs to be corrected but the quality of treatment we have in America is pretty fucking good....it's just expensive. Look at successful treatment rates for cancer, any kind of cancer between the US and any other country....we usually come out on top. Now all we have to do is make this kind of care affordable to the masses and it needs to have reasonable policies in regards to how policies are handled, that's the big issue. Right now people get sick and the insurance companies or health groups can say "See ya later chump" and they are stuck without insurance OR the person can just get fired and that ends their health benefits OR they die and their family is left shit out of luck unless one of them has health insurance coverage from somewhere else.

[Trainer Monkey]

I was asking about CAT scans because I'm supposed to go and get one. It most likely is not serious, but there is a chance that I might have some sort of neurological problem, so my doctor wants to make sure. I'll have to wait for at least 2 months to get it done, and that's a best case senario, so I was just curious how long you guys would have to wait because TM said that there were wait times down there as well.

Bro,honest injun
My last trip to the emergency room.My wife works for one of the major insuarance providers at the time.
I have an infected finger,but I avoided the medic because,we really couldnt afford the co-pay
It gets violently infected to the point,I wake up at 5AM,and drive myself to the emergency room in tears,Im literally crying the whole way
Now this is with insurance
Im just sitting there in the waiting room for over an hour holding my finger and leaking from the eyes
And it still cost a grand for this wonderful American style treatment,and thats IF you have insurance,I got looked at by the Doctors for a whopping 10 minutes tops
You want that in Canada,watch your ass,because if it gets sick,your in deep s