That my take on our system. because it covers everyone not everyone is going to be happy. Theirs definitely room for improvement but what large system of any kind is perfect?
Who/what is mitt?
Why do so many people not like Obama? The problem I see is he like the sound of his own voice. At first I thought he was a great public speaker, now I'm mostly annoyed by his voice.
Last question why do so many Americans not want a health care system similar to ours or something in Europe?
My questions are not meant to be antagonizing, but rather spark further discussion on the topic to further my understanding. Sorry in advance if someone get offended.
How does one get a system similar to Canada's system, and is that what we have really done? (Rhetorical, unless someone can comment on it effectively.)
If we were getting a system like Canada's, the evaluation process would be pretty easy, all we would have to do is see if the scale change harms the Canadian system, and if so, compensate, and if not, just deploy the Canadian system here.
But your honest question points out my main concern with Canadian opinion of our system and our choices. And Mace's comment puts a fine point on it: I am so glad Mace had a good experience and a good outcome, since he is a real person I know and like, not a system with per capita targets to be met. Hopefully, Mace would not like our system, current or newly socialized if I am sitting here suffering in agony.
But when you guys express your view that a Canadian system is good, you were supporting these changes in our country without (in my view) any concern at all for my kidney, since you didn't seem to have any specific views about the form the system took, or much real care about whether ours system captured anything that is good about your own, or avoided anything you hate about your own.
I guess what I'm saying, you guys may know how to fix a kidney, and fund it, but did you care enough about me to make sure you knew that is what I am getting before you verbally signed off on it? I don't think you did, but my statements are pretty general, and can't be true for all. Also, they sound a bit pathetic, like I need you guys to shepherd in a new system for me...protect me. But I do have in my opinion some right to say these things by virtue of the fact that I am NOT interested in changing Canada's system in any way, or expressing any support for changing it, unless I can make it my full time dedication to understand exactly what I am advocating be done to my real live friends (not system) in Canada.
It matters to me that I was opposed to much of it, and in my view justly, but many from Canada worked against me and others. I hope at least some of you who did that know better than me. No!
I hope ALL OF YOU who supported the change knew better than me. If you were way off base, many real people here will suffer much real pain and possibly death too due to at least in some small part to your efforts.
And one more thing...this is not nearly as mysterious now as it was during the initial debate, though much of it is still to be back-filled by bureaucratic rule making. Giving what I have said above, about real people, and real pain, should a Canadian comment any further at all in generalities given the law actually exists and is on the books, and passed by the Supreme Court? I think not, since that is just taking a liberty you should not have taken to begin with if you cared about real people instead of systems. You should NOW be able to game the outcomes of our law as effectively as we can (not very) and you should find things that are good, and things that are lousy. You should also be able sooner than later to borrow the good things from our system and add them to your own. Question: how may of you Canadians had a light go on over your head "Let's copy that from the US!!!!" I'm betting NONE of you. Yet, many of you are still quite sure that the changes that have been enacted are best for at least someone's real kidney.
