Ottawa top city for Ashley Madison Customers

[Max E.]

Some of the funnier posts about the ashleymadison hack.

 

[gwb-trading]

Here are some facts. The vast majority of Canadians prefer our medical system to the US medical system. Two, almost nobody in mainstream Canadian society uses private clinics outside of the public system, unless it's for things like cosmetic surgery or laser eye surgery. You can buy upgrades to basic service if you want to. Three, yes, there are people who fly to Canada for medical care; for example, the Hospital for Sick Kids does a lot of humanitarian projects. The difference is we don't do the "money pays" projects, the jump the queue guys etc etc. .

Your assertion that Canada does not do "the "money pays" projects, the jump the queue guys". All the Canadian provinces (except for two) now offer government-funded private clinics where you can jump the queue and pay out of pocket for care. It covers everything from heart surgery to MRIs to eye care - the bottom line is that it is not covered by insurance and you have to pay out of pocket to "jump the queue".

Not a single day goes by here in which one or more of the local papers have an article about someone who has to go to the U.S. for medical care and the Canadian government will not cover the treatment - these are treatments normally covered by every U.S. insurance company for people who live in the states.

Today's example for the National Post - Teen's hopes for surgery Ontario won't fund

 

[Max E.]

Not a single day goes by here in which one or more of the local papers have an article about someone who has to go to the U.S. for medical care and the Canadian government will not cover the treatment - these are treatments normally covered by every U.S. insurance company for people who live in the states.

Today's example for the National Post - Teen's hopes for surgery Ontario won't fund

A good friend of mine died of Leukemia, he got sent to the states for surgery which the government paid for, but after his bone marrow transplant he had to stay in an apartment that is kind of like a quarantine while the bone marrow transplant took cause they were whiping out his immune system, the government wouldnt pay his 3000 dollar a month bill to stay in this apartment so he basically went bankrupt, cause he couldnt run his business either while he was down there.

 

[Ricter]

A good friend of mine died of Leukemia, he got sent to the states for surgery which the government paid for, but after his bone marrow transplant he had to stay in an apartment that is kind of like a quarantine while the bone marrow transplant took cause they were whiping out his immune system, the government wouldnt pay his 3000 dollar a month bill to stay in this apartment so he basically went bankrupt, cause he couldnt run his business either while he was down there.

Medical bankruptcy stories for US citizens were common, pre-ACA.

 

[gwb-trading]

A good friend of mine died of Leukemia, he got sent to the states for surgery which the government paid for, but after his bone marrow transplant he had to stay in an apartment that is kind of like a quarantine while the bone marrow transplant took cause they were whiping out his immune system, the government wouldnt pay his 3000 dollar a month bill to stay in this apartment so he basically went bankrupt, cause he couldnt run his business either while he was down there.

Yes.... every day in the Canadian papers there is story after story like this.

The bottom line is that a pure public plan will lead to rationing of healthcare. Countries that offer a mix of public and private plans generally have better outcomes, faster service, and improved quality (see some European countries).

The reality is that the healthcare systems in both the U.S. and Canada have issues. Canada's problem is the long waiting times and declining quality of service - which drives many people to the option where they pay out-of-pocket. The U.S. healthcare system has issues in high costs and equity of coverage but not in speed of service or quality.

 

[gwb-trading]

Medical bankruptcy stories for US citizens were common, pre-ACA.

They are also common post-ACA. Medical bills are still one of the most common causes of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. in 2015.

 

[Ricter]

They are also common post-ACA. Medical bills are still one of the most common causes of bankruptcy filings in the U.S. in 2015.

But likely will not be as common.

http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/201...ersonal-bankruptcy-in-a-post-obamacare-world/

 

[gwb-trading]

Hackers dump data from cheating website Ashley Madison online
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/hackers-dump-data-cheating-website-232634312.html

Hackers have followed through on a threat to release online a huge cache of data, including customer information, that was stolen a month ago from cheating spouses website AshleyMadison.com, several tech websites reported on Tuesday.

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Tech website Wired said 9.7 gigabytes of data was posted, and appeared to include member account and credit card details.

(More at above url)

 

[Tsing Tao]

LOL...all the .gov email addresses. Hell, Tony Blair's email address?

 

[ipatent]

The user concentration in Ottawa could be explained in part by government security people monitoring and vetting other government people and applicants.

A lot of these sites are probably honey pots to collect damaging material for one purpose or another.