[Ipg-smz] Medicare

[David Needle]

Of course sorry for your health issues Marcel, but a wonderful story of
your treatment and recovery. I'm so glad it worked out. Yes, other
countries like Canada are definitely more "civilized" when it comes to
healthcare.

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 11:55 AM Marcel Gagne <marcel at marcelgagne.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
> "Hold still, Marcel. This will only take a minute."
>
> For the record, when someone inserts a needle in your neck, you hold
> still. Perfectly still.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Marcel Gagné
> Writer and Free Thinker at Large
> Note: This massagee wos nat speel or gramer-checkered.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christine Hall" <christine at fossforce.com>
> To: "ipg-smz" <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:58:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ipg-smz] Medicare
>
> This is getting political, but that's not true. Social security fell
> apart when the funds kept being used to fund other services.
>
> Christine Hall
> Publisher & Editor
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> http://fossforce.com
>
> On 6/26/19 9:43 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote:
> > On 6/25/19 8:04 PM, Kishore Jethanandani wrote:
> >> This idea of universal care or Medicare-for-all is such baloney--a myth
> >> waiting to be busted.
> >
> > One size does NOT fit all.  In some respects, we have baked
> > communisism/socialism into government institutions with the idea that
> > "if you make more, you can pay more" instead of charging a flat fee
> > (tax) for services.  Social Security went further -- it was a Ponzi
> > scheme that fell apart when the Baby Boomers came of retirement age on
> > one hand, and the raiding of the trust fund by Congress on the other.
> >
> > Reminds me of unions and pension funds -- "the money was just sitting
> > there."
> >
> > Minimum wage?  What a bad idea.  How about "minimum profit
> > participation" instead?
> >
>
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