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Hospital Hell (Dan Aykroyd on Socialized Medicine)
The New York Post ^ | 11-19-2003 | Richard Johnson

Posted on 11/20/2003 12:15:45 AM PST by Lancey Howard

November 19, 2003 -- DAN Aykroyd is no fan of the bureaucratic bungling and cut-rate care of socialized medicine. "One place you don't want to get sick is Quebec," the Canadian actor advised us after a screening of Denys Arcand's "The Barbarian Invasions." "It's all socialized. Believe me, you don't want to go to a hospital there.


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: healthcare; socializedmedicine
This is an excerpt from Richard Johnson's "Page Six" daily gossip column in the New York Post.
1 posted on 11/20/2003 12:15:47 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
I don't think Dan cares too much about what Hollywood's liberal DNC mouthpieces endorse, ie., "Hillary-care".
2 posted on 11/20/2003 12:21:43 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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One thing I like to point out to all the socialized medicine dupes is this simple fact: whenever someone wants the BEST medical care for any number of ailments and chronic conditions, they do NOT go to Britain or Canada or any other nation with socialized medicine.

They come to the United States of America.

BAM. Case closed.
3 posted on 11/20/2003 12:27:35 AM PST by Prime Choice (Conservative: One who doesn't believe that turning the U.S. into a third-world nation is 'progress'.)
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To: Prime Choice
One thing I like to point out to all the socialized medicine dupes is this simple fact: whenever someone wants the BEST medical care for any number of ailments and chronic conditions, they do NOT go to Britain or Canada or any other nation with socialized medicine.

That's right. All they got going for them is cheap drugs, and that's probably a good thing for people who have to stick it out until they can be seen by a specialist.

4 posted on 11/20/2003 12:52:44 AM PST by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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To: L.N. Smithee

Tried to read the whole article, only available at the Post's archives. You get to read one sentence for free and then have to buy the article to read it, how ridiculous.


5 posted on 11/28/2004 12:43:53 AM PST by tina07 (Bush/Cheney'04)
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To: Prime Choice

BUMP


6 posted on 09/10/2009 7:49:47 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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