LOL! He looks just like a liberal lesbian.
Posted on 07/02/2011 2:13:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
>>>But taxes, collected fairly and wisely spent, are one of the pillars of any rational, humanist society. They pay for our schools and roads and hospitals.<<<
Actually, if the government restricted itself on the federal level to the duties described in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, and the states handled education and health care, a lot of these discussions would vanish.
The story, by the way, is Bravo Sierra. The ambulance service will bring you to the hospital if you are hurt, and the hospital will provide care, regardless of your ability to pay. I noticed the snide comment about the teenage lifeguard - it speaks volumes about the writer’s snotty elitism to insult the reaction of a scared kid facing a life-and-death situation.
If the writer was a free man, he’d understand why Americans are angry. Perhaps one day.
BARF.... taxes are UNFAIRLY collected and definitely UNWISELY spent. Our uber lieberal, marxists have run up the national deficit to trillions and caused economic hardship to the nation. So much for a tidy,rational, humane society of socialism--and yes we have a form of it here in the USA too.
“I won, you lost. Get over it”
—Barack Obama
My Canadian uncle is rolling his eyes at this. One reason why so many Canadians are here are because of the national health care system.
“Vietnam to Cuba and the Dominican Republic”
Really? The citizens of these countries wanted to become serfs to Commies?
Guess again.
And the reason Clinton had a surplus had to do with the administration prior to his.
You would die during the night. They would find water in your lungs.
I recently inquired for an insurance client of mine about a medical bill that had not been paid by their carrier. The client worked for the state of Illinois. The insurance carrier was told by the State of Illinois not to pay the bill for 39 weeks because the State of Illinois did not have the money to pay (the premium).
Do you think many medical providers will want to service the Illinois State employees if they know they won't be paid for over 9 months?
If/when Obamacare is fully implemented, rationing will be more evident like in Canada and the UK. Dogs can get certain medical tests before humans. I don't want socialized medicine here.
By the way, if I was the lady who felt fine after nearly drowning, I wouldn't want an ambulance either. If I needed medical attention, I would get my own ride.
2ndDivisionVet, this article was written by a leftist American army deserter. Please don't insult all Canadians just because some lefty newspaper in Montreal hired a lefty draft dodger.
Sorry, it’s worse. He was a deserter.
He sure doesn’t speak for most Canadians.
He is a cowardly, treasonous, deserting weasel and deserves nothing more than a bullet while tied to the execution post at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
To hell with him and anyone that agrees with him, regardless the subject.
LOL! He looks just like a liberal lesbian.
Sorry, a near drowning accident was just an excuse.
Which triggered the author’s long rant on government controlled healthcare, and gun control, and evil wars waged elsewhere. I failed to see the logic thinking to the connection of all three there.
I only gotten that far and decided it’s not worth reading it through.
Belated Barf Alert... (Three Bagger)
I see. /sarc
The US is not supporting the rebels?
I think it's wrong, but both of our countries are doing it.
That’s illegal. There is the billed amount (submitted to the primary carrier). Then there’s the billed amount that is submitted to the secondary carriers. The differenced between billed and reimbursement is called the ‘write-off’. Billing the write-off amount to the patient is insurance fraud.
Providers must bill more than the payed amount (or they receive less than the cost of the procedure). The only amount billable to the patient is the co-pay or the deductible.
If one is self-insured, then the patient pays the full billed amount (effectively subsidizing the allowance for doubtful accounts)
Hey Jack, what's the waiting time for an ambulance ride in Canada...tow months?
I've heard the wait for maternity care is 10 months.
say the wrong thing in Canada and they’ll ban you for life from saying again, or sick some bureaucratic board on you and put you into bankruptcy with legal expenses.
Bump!
Ezra Levant is cool.
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