Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the DUmmies are way more disease-riddled than usual since the arguments over O-care started.
Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 07:33 PM
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A trip to the hospital in Ontario
My wife caught a bad cold on Wednesday. Coughing, feeling lousy. Friday night, she complained of "burning pain" and pressure in her chest. Saturday, I took her to the hospital because it wasn't getting better and she had major chills and a fever.
We waited about 15 minutes to see the doctor. The Triage nurse gave her some extra-strength Tylenol while she was waiting.
The doctor ordered a chest Xray and blood tests. Both were taken care of in an hour.
The diagnosis? Pneumonia. The doctor prescribed an antibiotic and told her to stay off work for a while and gave her a letter excusing her. The prescription cost us $80, covered by her health plan at work. Whew! Serious, but not such a big deal
The real thing that impressed me was that the man next to us in Emerg was a guy who had a sliver in his hand. He only wanted to see a nurse to have it taken out, but Admitting said "No, we treat everyone the same here, you'll see a doctor soon". So the doctor on duty pulled out his sliver (it was large and he screamed in pain as it was being pulled our). he was sent home with a bandage and some antibiotic creme.
Both of our treatments were taken care of quickly, efficiently and caringly.
And we both walked out without paying a cent.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6426953#6427804In Canada, not only is everything free, but you also have to consider the entertainment value
of watching other people being treated.
And in Canada, you only wait 15 minutes in the emergency room.
Of course, in Canada you don't have the benefit of our diversity, and you aren't overrun by Mexicans. I
wonder why the Mexicans don't go to Canada, where stuff is free.
Still, though, it's a nice feel-good socialist bouncy.
Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 08:08 PM
9. If I were to find myself in a similar situation, I would possibly end up dead of it.
I make $9.00 / hr and don't have health insurance.
Ergo, I wouldn't go to the hospital until I was 100% sure that I would die without treatment. I'm not being hyperbolic. If I were 90% sure that I needed medical care to save my life, I wouldn't go to the ER because I could never pay the bill. It would bankrupt me.
So basically, because I am of meager means, I am forced to risk dying over some easily treated infection or other condition because I simply can't afford to pay the thousands of dollars that a hospital stay costs.
Blah, blah, blah, whiny blah.
If DUmmy Leftist Agitator actually allows himself to die in order to avoid a doctor bill, he should
at least get a posthumous award for performing that public service.
Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 08:25 PM
12. In a Canadian hospital, everyone's the same
It doesn't matter how much you make, who you work for or who has the best insurance coverage.
This is why DUmmies love the idea of socialized medicine.
Not only would decent and civilized people have to pay for the DUmmies' care, but the decent
and civilized people who would pay would also have to rub shoulders with the deadbeat DUmmies.
DUmmies love to rub shoulders with us.
Dirty, smelly, wino DUmmy bobbolink, who lives in a car in Denver and every day shits in some business's doorway:
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 09:51 PM
19. Won't it be interesting to see which country weathers the H1N1 virus better?
I hope Canadians are ready to make a lot of noise about the medical care they receive from the flu, as
opposed to the United States Of Death Panels.
I think DUmmy bobbolink will weather the flu epidemic just fine.
It's like that deal with the cockroaches in nuclear war.
DUmmy muffin1, impressed by the Canadian bouncy, pukes up one of her own.
muffin1 (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 09:56 PM
20. Wonderful post.
I'm the same way. I had a tick bite about a month ago - had never had one that bad. My leg had a large red, blotchy, circle - 4 or 5 inches circumference -with a knot in the middle of it. Hubby tried to convince me to have it looked at. We just don't have a couple hundred dollars to spend on something that "might go away". Thankfully, it finally subsided after a week or so...but one day...who knows what we'll ignore that will end up killing us?
Meanwhile, as we worry and hope for the best, insurance executives, lobbyists, and their republican whores are getting rich beyond their wildest dreams.
DUmmy AllieB, being a DUmmy, believes the bouncy to be a true tale:
AllieB (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 10:05 PM
22. You should be tested for Lyme Disease.
The long-term effects of the tick bite are worse than the actual bite itself.
muffin1 (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 10:37 PM
25. Really?
Even if the spot disappeared three weeks ago? I've had no symptoms apart from the spot.
Seriously, no money, nada...
What is wrong this country??? Insurance companies spending millions, so they can make billions off of the sick and dying.
And the stupid citizens that let them get away with it...well, I'm going to stop now. I am just so fed up with these f***ers.
Not surprising she has no symptoms from a tick bite that never happened.
Bouncy III:
Inspired (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 08:20 PM
11. A co-worker of mine who works in Ontario said she paid $50 to have a baby.
$50. That's all. And she only paid that because she asked for a private room.
I won't even go into my out of pocket expenses (with supposedly good insurance) when my hubby had to go to the emergency room for 2 stitches in his thumb.
And Bouncy IV:
Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 08:30 PM
Response to Reply #11
13. Whoa, She got off cheap. It cost us $150 when we had our son.
But then we had a private "suite" in a speciality hospital. And the baby was jaundiced and needed another day's stay.
It was a special time for us.
PDJane (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-30-09 08:38 PM
15. I had been dating an American man.........and when we were talking about co-habiting, I decided to check the cost of everything. I couldn't get insurance at all, because of pre-existing conditions, and my meds were going to cost me $1400 per month.........rather than the $300 per month I paid here. Needless to say, I'm still living in Canada, thank you.
Well, there's one lucky American man. Saved by socialized medicine from a disease-riddled Canadian moonbat.
