Alan Hess wrote to James Bradley, "single payer better" on 06-26-05 16:55

 AH> Whilst masticating on , James Bradley (1:134/77)
 AH> wrote to Alan Hess:

Yup, I'm still masticating... 

 AH>> I know we have an awful lot of uninsured people who get lousy
 AH>> health care.  I do agree with the columnist that the single payer
 AH>>  system is better, but there should be a way to take care of the
 AH>> currently uninsured as well (besides emergency rooms, which
 AH>> wind up costing the insured in higher premiums and longer
 AH>> waits when they need to access the ER.)

 AH>> welcome (1:261/1000)

 JB> I'm sorry, I thought you were posting from Canada.

 AH> No, sir, I'm here in Bawlmer, Merlind.  :-)

I won't hold that against you. 

 JB> For as long as our politicians have been defending our health
 JB> care system, I have maintained there is a service level for the
 JB> masses, and one for the privileged. Sure, the bum on the street
 JB> will receive a procedure that a wealthy person would, but the
 JB> discretion of the doctors are still likely to favour the later.
 JB> And likely for a good reason.

 AH> The insured also are more likely to have health problems
 AH> prevented by regular doctor visits, which saves money.  The
 AH> uninsured don't have that prevention, so their winds up
 AH> costing all of us more than if they were insured.

We have much the same situation, I'm afraid, but realistically, we
don't seem to run into the horror stories some of you "Southerners"
have with dereliction of services. One arse here tried that stunt on
me, and I was on the blower to ANYONE! If you slip through the cracks
and all...

Our nerdual neighbour has an ambulance, fire truck, or police cars at
her house VERY regularly. Dad yelled at a cop, "Why don't you set up
shop here, you'll save the commute." I trust these idiots are not
paying a dime in health care, and at best, they are all on welfare. 
...

 JB> But what pesters me, is the same politician that has been
 JB> promoting, and defending a privatized introduction of services to
 JB> our province, was guilty of being one of the most blatant abusers
 JB> of his power in an emergency room. If you are a sports figure,
 JB> there is NO WAY he would end up in my situation. If you were a
 JB> lawyer, there would be no chance for being treated in a physicians
 JB> office with disrespect...

 JB> I'll defend our health care system, as doing rather well for
 JB> being on a constant poverty footing. Could it improve? With out a
 JB> doubt! What system couldn't? Could the US improve? It would depend
 JB> who you ask, I suspect.

 AH> I suspect you're right about that.  *adh*

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