[Ipg-smz] Medicare

[Kishore Jethanandani]

Well, many Canadians are seeking medical treatment overseas, not so
"civilized countries.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/canadian-medical-tourism_n_5949b405e4b0db570d3778ff




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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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