tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post3501921678740098721..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Canadian Healthcare - The Real StorySomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-10681081602290549992009-10-25T08:30:00.450-05:002009-10-25T08:30:00.450-05:00Dan, did you even read that?
The Fraser Institut...Dan, did you even read that? <br /><br />The Fraser Institute refers to "medical <i>reasons</i>" for personal bankruptcy. Obviously, in Canada, among those reasons is not medical insurance expenses, or medical expenses incurred by uninsured persons.<br /><br />As a matter of fact, the conclusion of one of the studies the Fraser Institute cites is this:<br /><br />"As in Canada and most of western Europe, health insurance should be divorced from employment to avoid coverage disruptions at the time of illness. Insurance policies should incorporate comprehensive stop-loss provisions, closing coverage loopholes that expose insured families to unaffordable out-of-pocket costs. Additionally, improved programs are needed to replace breadwinners’ incomes when they are disabled or must care for a loved one. The low rate of medical bankruptcy in Canada suggests that better medical and social insurance could greatly ameliorate this problem in the United States."<br /><br />Maybe you're not familiar with the Fraser Institute, but it's a notoriously untrustworthy right-wing "think tank."illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-43992145449006570972009-10-25T04:11:11.073-05:002009-10-25T04:11:11.073-05:00http://www.fraseramerica.org/commerce.web/product_...http://www.fraseramerica.org/commerce.web/product_files/HealthInsuranceandBankruptcyRates_US.pdfDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211149561616238625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-31702925494242548862009-10-24T19:50:02.565-05:002009-10-24T19:50:02.565-05:00Bankrupting people ... just like in Canada.
Eh?<i>Bankrupting people ... just like in Canada.</i><br /><br />Eh?illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-64220587732953331862009-10-24T18:04:00.399-05:002009-10-24T18:04:00.399-05:00Dan,
People are dying every day while they are tr...Dan,<br /><br />People are dying every day while they are trying to get their insurance companies to authorize treatment. If they say no, most people couldn't afford it.<br /><br />Cite me some stories of where someone went bankrupt for not having a huge bill to pay. That is the most ridiculous argument from you yet.capperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751967312821403092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-60876480268154905152009-10-24T02:04:43.962-05:002009-10-24T02:04:43.962-05:00"who states that she does not have to ask per..."who states that she does not have to ask permission to give her patients treatment, or worry that it will bankrupt them, as we have to go through here"<br />Most of the time, doctors don't have to ask permission either.<br />As for bankraupting people, that is infrequent, but it does happen, just like in Canada.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211149561616238625noreply@blogger.com