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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: sargentodiaz on March 17, 2015, 11:13:48 AM

Title: More than 52,000 Canadians left the country for medical care in 2014
Post by: sargentodiaz on March 17, 2015, 11:13:48 AM
If Canada's socialized medicine is so good, why are they going elsewhere to get treated? It doesn't say where they're going but my guess it was right here in the good old UsofA! And, if Obama and his cronies get their way and we get a similar system, where will patients from other countries like Canada go then?

“In 2014, the average patient in Canada could expect to wait almost 10 weeks for medically necessary treatment after seeing specialist. This wait time is more than three weeks longer than what physicians consider to be clinically reasonable,” Barua said.

Read more @ http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/70489#When:11:39:58Z

CBO Says ACA Will Insure Fewer People Than Predicted @ http://economics21.org/commentary/cbo-says-aca-insure-fewer-people-predicted-2015-03-16

How can this be? I thought the whole purpose of this monstrosity was to provide healthcare to ALL Americans.
Title: Re: More than 52,000 Canadians left the country for medical care in 2014
Post by: obumazombie on March 17, 2015, 11:11:29 PM
The "elsewhere" is the US.
Title: Re: More than 52,000 Canadians left the country for medical care in 2014
Post by: Chris_ on March 17, 2015, 11:36:17 PM
Quote from: obumazombie on March 17, 2015, 11:11:29 PM
The "elsewhere" is the US.
Much like the rest of the world's "peacekeepers".
Title: Re: More than 52,000 Canadians left the country for medical care in 2014
Post by: tac on March 18, 2015, 09:48:28 AM
Quote from: obumazombie on March 17, 2015, 11:11:29 PM
The "elsewhere" is the US.

But where is our 'elsewhere' when our system is like Canada's? Mexico, Cuba or some other 3rd world crap hole?