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Feb 12, 2016
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IGlowInTheDark
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It's sad that it's even a concern. Who else in the world fears getting ill or...
severely injured because the costs associated could ruin us financially.
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Healthcare is so broken it just may drag the whole country down with it
Jersey hunter
Playmaker
2/12/16 5:25pm
Insurance has helped ruin healthcare. It's going to happen to dental care soon
delux_247
2/12/16 5:31pm
People can't figure out that prosperity is based on commandments
OU Cougar
2/12/16 5:32pm
Questions...
Cougarfan777
2/12/16 5:37pm
Free medicaid ticks me off. Its unreal what some people will come to the urgent
cougaman
2/12/16 7:41pm
The ER costs so much because the 24 hour services that are provided there are
Virginia Ute
2/12/16 7:46pm
We have to have tough conversations about beginning- and end-of-life care.
Finngirl
2/12/16 5:40pm
We do not want to model Canada. Served my mission there, the standard of care is
delux_247
2/12/16 5:47pm
Most Canadians I know like that having free hc.
Finngirl
2/12/16 5:49pm
"Free." Lol
mulletYno
2/12/16 5:54pm
I should say single payer like Canada is not the solution.
delux_247
2/12/16 5:56pm
Free HC bahaha
Heinz57
2/12/16 6:09pm
you keep using that word free....
docrick
2/12/16 6:27pm
They know it's not free. Why do we take such pride in the US over paying not
IGlowInTheDark
2/12/16 7:58pm
It's the worst example of a "free- market" yet some people think that is what it is.
Finngirl
2/12/16 8:03pm
We love it? Since when?
messi
2/16/16 11:39am
Wait- how does giving people "free" healthcare make them take responsibility for
cheezedawg
2/12/16 7:07pm
By making them wait a year for a knee replacement because they are too fat.
Finngirl
2/12/16 8:04pm
I work in a big hospital on the border from Canada.
Virginia Ute
2/12/16 7:48pm
"Free" as in not pay-as-you-go; funded through taxes.
Finngirl
2/12/16 8:02pm
You still keep using the word free
docrick
2/12/16 11:33pm
The rest of us will continue the conversation, understanding what it means in this context,
Finngirl
2/13/16 9:41am
What context?
Heinz57
2/13/16 11:36am
How unintelligent
docrick
2/13/16 3:11pm
I think you're hung up on an irrelevant argument because you don't have a good
Dillinger
2/13/16 4:31pm
Lol I'm a doctor that lives this stuff everyday
docrick
2/13/16 10:33pm
So why do you keep harping on the "free" thing. Everyone knows it's not
Dillinger
2/13/16 10:36pm
If you are following the thread you'll see that my free remark
docrick
2/13/16 10:57pm
Same here, I was in Canada for 6 months and everyone I talked to thought
Dillinger
2/13/16 10:24am
What a concept!
Finngirl
2/16/16 11:22am
Go spend a week observing what happens in a VA setting (that's government run HC
docrick
2/16/16 11:29am
My Canadian wife and her relatives disagree. They say it's great.
84 Grad
2/12/16 5:50pm
Of course they do. I haven't met many Canadians who don't love their "free"
delux_247
2/12/16 5:57pm
I agree with you for the most part; though the overhead in the US and the fact
84 Grad
2/12/16 6:04pm
Heck if you don't have a catastrophic problem in the US you don't even "need"
docrick
2/12/16 6:34pm
It's sad that it's even a concern. Who else in the world fears getting ill or...
IGlowInTheDark
2/12/16 8:13pm
My wife is also Canadian. It's great for primary care. Otherwise, it sucks.
P-townCoug
2/12/16 6:40pm
This is the key point
Busiturtle
2/13/16 9:07am
This is what people say about many HMOs; Kaiser for one.
Finngirl
2/13/16 9:41am
I did some rotations at 2 different Kaiser facilities in the Bay area....
docrick
2/16/16 11:45am
Have they encountered a life threatening health care problem
docrick
2/12/16 6:31pm
My wife's father has heart problems and he says he has had no problems
84 Grad
2/12/16 6:39pm
Well you really need to define heart problems
docrick
2/12/16 6:45pm
bypass surgery
84 Grad
2/12/16 8:22pm
Well it happens in Canada for sure
docrick
2/12/16 11:35pm
People say this and yet tall to people who actually live there and they laugh at the suggestion it happens
Deleted
2/13/16 12:23pm
That is complete baloney
docrick
2/15/16 9:00am
Not sure why this is an argument for how great american health care is.
Dillinger
2/15/16 9:06am
You know you seem to have a problem with how these conversations go
docrick
2/15/16 9:34am
My Canadian relatives come to the U.S. for major issues.
Gentleman Stan
2/12/16 6:57pm
My Canadian uncle gets most of his healthcare in the United States
kC Cougar
2/13/16 8:31am
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Abe Froman
2/12/16 6:00pm
Let me shop across 50 states
Heinz57
2/12/16 6:08pm
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Abe Froman
2/12/16 7:41pm
WE shouldn't have to talk about my life. Government shouldn't be deciding if I
Mister P
2/12/16 7:20pm
The "we" part is the whole problem. "We" wouldn't need to discuss anything at
Freddie Cougar
2/12/16 7:23pm
Employer covered insurance has ruined things. Your friend is exactly
P-townCoug
2/12/16 5:40pm
Inserting a 3rd party...
BYU'01
2/12/16 6:01pm
It will never change until there is price competition.
jkccoug
2/12/16 6:23pm
1. Doctors should be paid for keeping people healthy
Wolvercougs
2/12/16 8:10pm
This paying doctors to "keep people healthy" sounds nice but doesn't make sense realistically. It would only apply to
Slim
2/12/16 8:27pm
Exactly. Lifestyle choices and genetics are the primary determinants of health
Rogue Gunner
2/12/16 8:54pm
Not to mention noncompliance. Seriously, the whole concept just proves how
P-townCoug
2/12/16 9:21pm
Doctors' pay is not the problem. Pharma, technical costs, and inpatient costs
diluigifan
2/12/16 8:57pm
Yea, the minute my pay is dictated by who I keep healthy i quit.
IGlowInTheDark
2/12/16 9:12pm
teachers feel the same way. Merit pay sucks in certain professions
spugeddy24
2/15/16 11:01am
overly simplistic and idealist and ridiculous view
scottpete
2/13/16 5:46am
The mentality extends beyond health care
blucoug18
2/12/16 7:10pm
I work for a T&D contractor and this is absolutely true
shatter2
2/12/16 7:30pm
The mentality comes from fear of lawsuits and publicity hogging politicians
Freddie Cougar
2/12/16 7:34pm
And consultants and lobbyists
blucoug18
2/12/16 7:52pm
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Abe Froman
2/13/16 12:40am
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2/13/16 11:50am
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