Alan Hess wrote to James Bradley, "single payer better" on 06-24-05 13:50

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

 AH>> Steve Chapman is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, a
 AH>> Tribune Publishing newspaper. His column appears Mondays
 AH>> and Wednesdays in The Sun.

 AH>> Copyright + 2005, The Baltimore Sun

 JB> Sounds like another McCarthy to me. 

 JB> I'll ask you this. Do you think we have a two tear system?

 AH> I know we have an awful lot of uninsured people who get lousy health
 AH> care.  I do agree with the columnist that the single payer system is
 AH> 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)

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

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

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

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


... James
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