Re: Global Warming - a Liberal Scam?, (was Huge study about safetycanbe misinterpreted by SUV drivers)

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Jerry McG wrote:

> > I daresay you don't know what you're talking about. I'm an American living
> > here in Canada, and guess what? Canada's healthcare system is *vastly*
> > better than the US system in the vast majority of cases. Are there
> > exceptions? Surely. There's no such thing as perfection. But the Canadian
> > system does a much better job of handling most of the healthcare needs of
> > most of the people at a reasonable cost.

> I had exposure to both the UKs socialized medicine and Canadian health
> care....run away! A Brit friend was visiting our offices in the States and
> took a run up to Toronto to see the Company's Canadian operations. While
> there she got the unmistakable signs of appendicitis. The Canadians basicaly
> forced her onto a plane to get her over the border to the USA, telling her
> she wanted NOTHING to do with the Canadian health care system. EMS met her
> at the airport, rushed her to the hospital where she had an emergency
> appendectomy within minutes of arrival. She then convalesced for four days
> "in hospital", as the Brits would say.

So your perception of Canadian healthcare is based on the experience of a
friend of yours who was warned off the system by some unknown other
individuals.

Mine is based on getting very suddenly struck down with a large and lodged
kidney stone at 4 in the morning while in Toronto. Extremely painful, but
not life threatening. I was diagnosed, treated, operated upon and
prescribed suitable meds in a fast, efficient, capable, thorough manner.

I think my firsthand experience beats your fourth-hand crapola.

DS