<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Well, many Canadians are seeking medical treatment overseas, not so "civilized countries. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/canadian-medical-tourism_n_5949b405e4b0db570d3778ff">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/canadian-medical-tourism_n_5949b405e4b0db570d3778ff</a> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><br><div class="mt-signature">
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</div><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/8faa19b0b514618a4090a415deb368905f5fe290.png?u=4496385"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 11:55 AM Marcel Gagne <<a href="mailto:marcel@marcelgagne.com">marcel@marcelgagne.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I live in Canada. We have universal health care. 15 years ago, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer during my physical. The doctor felt around my neck and asked,"How long has this been here?" to which I replied, "How long has what been there." A week later, I was getting tested at the hospital with radioactive tracers, followed by more ultrasound tests, followed by a visit to an oncologist who took a biopsy of my neck by inserting a needle in my throat. <br>
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"Hold still, Marcel. This will only take a minute."<br>
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For the record, when someone inserts a needle in your neck, you hold still. Perfectly still.<br>
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A week or two later, I had the results. Thyroid cancer. We discussed options, and in less than three months since my physical, I was being wheeled in to the operating room to have my thyroid removed by an awesome surgeon. A few weeks after later, I went in to a leaded isolation room for radioactive iodine therapy where I spent three days without human contact while the radioactive iodine killed off any thyroid cancer cells stupid to have around. <br>
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Then, over the course of several years, I had numerous additional tests, blood tests, ultrasounds, and regular visits with oncologists, and more. Two years ago, I was declared officially cancer free after a final round of tests. <br>
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Total bill handed me for all these procedures was $0. Because, in Canada, as in many civilized countries throughout the world, we have universal health care. Don't tell me it's baloney or a myth waiting to be busted. Universal health care is what civilized nations do to take care of their citizens.<br>
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Note: This massagee wos nat speel or gramer-checkered.<br>
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From: "Christine Hall" <<a href="mailto:christine@fossforce.com" target="_blank">christine@fossforce.com</a>><br>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:58:41 AM<br>
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This is getting political, but that's not true. Social security fell <br>
apart when the funds kept being used to fund other services.<br>
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Christine Hall<br>
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On 6/26/19 9:43 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote:<br>
> On 6/25/19 8:04 PM, Kishore Jethanandani wrote:<br>
>> This idea of universal care or Medicare-for-all is such baloney--a myth<br>
>> waiting to be busted.<br>
> <br>
> One size does NOT fit all. In some respects, we have baked<br>
> communisism/socialism into government institutions with the idea that<br>
> "if you make more, you can pay more" instead of charging a flat fee<br>
> (tax) for services. Social Security went further -- it was a Ponzi<br>
> scheme that fell apart when the Baby Boomers came of retirement age on<br>
> one hand, and the raiding of the trust fund by Congress on the other.<br>
> <br>
> Reminds me of unions and pension funds -- "the money was just sitting<br>
> there."<br>
> <br>
> Minimum wage? What a bad idea. How about "minimum profit<br>
> participation" instead?<br>
> <br>
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