Health coverage was initially for catastrophic events, not minor medical issues
and designed to prevent people from going bankrupt over medical fees. I had a friend who went bankrupt twice over his wife's medical bills before universal coverage was available.
However, that good thing was extended to cover everything down to slivers and stubbed toes, and although there was an annual fee initially in Alberta, that was removed. Doctors were forced to participate and became civil servants.
Free healthcare was never going to work and it was bound to end up like this. We saw this coming back in the seventies when everyone was forced to join. I predicted the governments would incrementally claim ownership over our bodies since maintaining them was a cost. Sure enough we had seat belt and bicycle helmet laws and penates. Cigarettes and liquor were not affected much because they are income for governments. I could go on...
At any rate, we have reached the endpoint where 'healthcare' costs have reached a point where they are unbearable and unsustainable and at the same time the expectations of the public have been raised to where many people expect to live forever regardless of the cost to others.
It is an unreasonable expectation but no politician dares say that gramma is old, reasonable care has been provided, and she should be allowed to die naturally or that there should be limits on how much the public should pay to save one dying person.
Is this mess the way to make Canadians hate the healthcare system and allow limits to be placed on how much is spent on any one person or user fees on minor incidents?
This could not be said ANY better…..please share & wake up some foolish in Canada….
This whole Lake Ontario issue only identifies and illustrates how incredibly uninformed some people are, and how so many lack critical thinking skills.
What people don't understand is that Donald Trump does this on purpose, just to expose the idiocy and hypocrisy. And those of you reacting are only proving his point.
We have changed the names of streets, schools, roads, buildings, universities, sports teams, government institutions, military bases, parks, mountains, islands, towns, and geographic landmarks.
We've changed terminology for races, ethnic groups, disabilities, occupations, Indigenous peoples, and entire communities. We've changed titles and forms of address. We're told to respect people's preferred names and pronouns, even when they differ from what they were called previously.
Remember the Queen Charlotte Islands? We changed that name to Haida Gwaii. Now they're even talking about changing the name of ...
