Quote from Max E. Pad:
People who havent seen both systems first hand, simply have no clue how bad government run healthcare is.
The most recent example I have, A friend of mine was diagnosed with Leukemia last year, and after 6 months of them trying more cost effective measures that didnt work, they finally sent him to Seattle, for treatment, that no one in the Canadian healthcare system was capable of doing, and the government paid for his operation, and he finally beat his leukemia, for the time being.
Now this may seem like a victory to people paying attention to the Canadian healthcare system but let me tell you something. The government was only willing to pay for his treatment, they refused to pay for him to live in an apartment building that was equivalent to a quarantine building, that he had to live in while he was recieving treatment. So for about 5 months, he had to pay an exorbitant rate to live in this apartment building that was specifically designed for people who were recieving treatment where it was required that they lower your immune system in order for the treatment to take.
At the end of the whole thing he owed nothing for the treatment, and 20,000 dollars for the apartment to stay down there, plus the fact that he had to be down there for 5 months caused him to lose his business.
There are all kinds of stories like this of people going south from Canada to the states for medical procedures so long as they can afford them, because Canada doesnt have the technology, and they dont allow private hospitals. So where do americans think they will be able to go to if they allow the government to take over, and ration the system? China maybe? Fact of the matter is there is no where in the world you would rather be sick than in the U.S. provided you have proper insurance, and you have paid your way. People in the states have no clue how canadian healthcare works, wait until it takes 6 months just to get an MRI, and if you are over 60, it takes a year for them to replace a hip, when you are wheelchair bound.