Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

‘It’s a crisis for Québec women’ (socialized medicine fails)
Montréal Gazette ^ | November 13, 2012 | Charlie Fidelman

Posted on 11/14/2012 10:38:12 PM PST by Olog-hai

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-34 last
To: Olog-hai

Yeah but - if you survive the cancer you’ll get free birth control pills.

As my lib friends like to say....GOBAMA!


21 posted on 11/15/2012 4:57:32 AM PST by Scotswife
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: max americana

Thats coming to America.


22 posted on 11/15/2012 5:08:01 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai
My father was a pastor when I was growing up mostly in fly over country, but also in Virginia and Maryland. For all of the time I have memory, the church assisted people from Canada who needed medical treatment: gathered funding, provided housing and transportation etc. There was a steady stream of Canadians passing through our churches - often several individuals at the same time. It wasn't just my father's churches, it was/is a program supported by the entire denomination.

I grew up thinking Canada must have third world medicine.

My sister-in-law who is a Canadian born and a RN, brought her mom here to be treated for cancer. The wait for surgery was going to be almost six months.

My mom immigrated from Great Britain. We kept in touch with cousins and other relatives over the years. I can tell you that the treatment available to my mom was in stark contrast to that available to her cousins of the same age. My mom saw the doctor once a month. Her cousins saw the doctor once a year maybe. Common medications that made my mom's life more comfortable and extended her life were simply not available to her cousins.

I know our medical system has its warts but it is still much better than what is available in Canada and Great Britain.

23 posted on 11/15/2012 5:19:22 AM PST by Roses0508
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai
“It’s a crisis for Québec women,”

Probably those same women who voted in the current government. There are some drawbacks to the freeloader society, eh? (speaking Canadian) The same sort of freeloader society that we can look forward to in this country as the government tramples our God given rights here on the way from freedom to complete national socialism. Heil 0bama.

24 posted on 11/15/2012 5:20:33 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Snowyman
Rather, they are patients with back pain or muscle injuries.

“What we’re talking about here are people who don’t have conditions that need to be scanned urgently,”

Dude never had back pain, I take it.

Doncha love bureaucrats?

Thanks for Obamacare, moonbats.

25 posted on 11/15/2012 5:27:47 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick
That is exactly right. The Government Guidelines have already been issued to the health insurance companies. No mammograms until age 50. No Pap smears after age 65 unless you have ‘symptoms’ . The reason women over age 65 survive Gyn cancers is because cancer cells shed well before there are obvious symptoms. Once post menopausal bleeding is noticed, the cancer is usually pretty well advanced. But once you are past the age of paying into the Nationalized Healthcare system, you are expendable. Sometimes a Death Panel isn't even needed to ‘reduce’ the number of people that need healthcare. Remember what Pelosi said. ‘Americans over age 55 use entirely too much of our healthcare resources’. But you are right, those in power get healthcare no matter their advancing age.
26 posted on 11/15/2012 5:37:34 AM PST by originalbuckeye
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: originalbuckeye

nobamacare: Stay healthy or DIE!


27 posted on 11/15/2012 6:05:28 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: originalbuckeye
Sometimes a Death Panel isn't even needed to ‘reduce’ the number of people that need healthcare.

They can eliminate whole swathes of the 40-60 age bracket by cutting diagnostic tests (including colonoscopy) and then putting people on the waiting list for treatment when the cancers become obvious. For both these reasons, cancer survival rates in the U.S. are two or three times those of advanced countries with socialized medical systems.

28 posted on 11/15/2012 8:44:42 AM PST by Tax-chick (Are you getting ready for the Advent Kitteh?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...

Canada Ping!


29 posted on 11/15/2012 12:20:52 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...

Canada Ping!


30 posted on 11/15/2012 12:43:32 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Hot Tabasco

Actually there are several private MRI clinics in many of the provinces. The article is talking about OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan). If you want one done privately , outside of OHIP , you can get one in a day or two. But you’re going to pay for it out of your own pocket.


31 posted on 11/15/2012 3:48:55 PM PST by Snowyman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Snowyman
Actually there are several private MRI clinics in many of the provinces

"Several" within an entire province? That ain't very many .

32 posted on 11/15/2012 3:54:13 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

United States women are next - and since they voted for Obama, they deserve their fate... On a lighter brighter note, they’re going to get FREEEEEEEE Birth Control... for all those Jennifer Flower types out there who service dem elites...


33 posted on 11/15/2012 4:10:27 PM PST by GOPJ (Petraeus confession: like something from a 'Soviet purge trial'....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hal ogen

And Alan Grayson, Mr. Die Quickly, just got voted back in thanks to FL redistricting. Guess he’s going to have to eat his words . . .


34 posted on 11/15/2012 5:35:12 PM PST by Olog-hai
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-34 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson