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August 8, 2005

On 'The Price You Pay For Socialized Medicine'

Topics: Political News and commentaries

John Hawkins at "Right Wing News" has a piece today on the benefits, rather the lack of them, for living under a system of socialized medicine like the Democrats would like to see enacted. John focuses on a particular case in Britain, and points to the fact that Canada's system fairs no better than Britain's.

As to the Canadian model, I recall the recent case of Baruch Tegegne, the man credited with rescuing hundreds if not thousands of his fellow Ethiopian Jews from famine and death, now in a fight for his own life in a bizarre state of affairs under the Canadian system.

Few Americans realize the corrosive effect the Canadian system has on the quality of healthcare provided - or not - to Canada's citizens. Inordinately long wait-times and rationing of services are the norm. Canadians wait months for coronary bypass surgery. Some die waiting. A needed MRI can require a six-month wait. And many cutting-edge procedures, drugs and treatments are simply not prescribed because they are not included in the basket of benefits Canadian's receive.

As John offers in the closing of his piece, "You know what they say about getting things for free? "You get what you pay for." That's something people should keep in mind when liberals start talking about how great it would be to have "free" healthcare in this country like they do in Europe and Canada...""

Posted by Hyscience at August 8, 2005 11:10 AM

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