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    me if I had control over health policy:
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    I made a post on Facebook today that said basically the same thing, but in a much less articulate manner. Now I wish I...
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  13. simonpenner said: My friend is wealthy enough to pay out of pocket to see a doctor. But that would be illegal. His only remaining option is to fly to the US, and pay cash upfront to a US hospital. Rich canadians do this _all the time_
  14. simonpenner said: You will not go bankrupt on our system and i think that’s an important benefit to it. But the drawback is the wait times. My friend had a bad reaction to his first acid trip three weeks ago, he’s triggered bipolar and is going through an extended manic episode. The next available psychiatrist he can see is available nine months from now, and the only way he’ll see the dr sooner is if he tries to kill himself (and becomes an urgent priority patient instead of a normal one
  15. simonpenner said: The extent of their national organization is funding, which falls cleanly under the “give them money” heading of my comment
  16. simonpenner said: I don’t think the Canadian system is as good as the US system in most regards. However, you are mistaken! It is not run at the national level. Here, provincial health authorities are empowered and held responsible for achieving national level goals. There is no one health policy, there is no one health system. There’s thirteen that are broadly similar but independently organized
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    What is your opinion about the Canadian health care system, which seems to work more or less okay, doesn’t seem to cause...
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  20. simonpenner reblogged this from sadoeconomist and added:
    Health care is not a national level concern. Addressing it at the national level makes no god damn sense.Health care...
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    death panels when