Will a Canadian or two please explain this to me? Canadian Court Chips Away at National Health Care Toronto, June 9 The Canadian Supreme Court struck down a Quebec law banning private medical insurance today, dealing an acute blow to the publicly financed national health care system. The court stopped short of striking down the constitutionality of the country's vaunted nationwide coverage, but legal experts said the ruling would open the door to a wave of lawsuits challenging the health care system in other provinces. The system, providing Canadians with free doctor's services that are paid for by taxes, has generally been supported by the public, and is broadly identified with the Canadian national character. But in recent years, patients have been forced to wait longer for diagnostic tests and elective surgery, while the wealthy and well connected either seek care in the United States or use influence to jump ahead on waiting lists. The court ruled that the waiting lists had...
Please pull it together. We need to unite in our times of grief and get out of here.
ReplyDeleteAmerica is a hopeless sinking ship, I'm out of here. There is nothing worth fighting for there. The bigots, homophobes, racists and Christians are so mindless that they cannot be reasoned with.
ReplyDeleteAnon #1: Thank you. I'm sure I will pull it together... but for now I need to grieve.
ReplyDeleteAnon #2: You're right. They cannot be reasoned with because they do not value reason. As long as I live in this country, I'll fight to improve it. But I don't want to spend the rest of my time on earth fighting a losing battle. Let's get the hell out of here.