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Originally Posted by mgellan
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I live in Canada (same town as Yumyums in fact). All people have the right to be put in a position to be successful. For those who are not able to be (whether for mental health or whatever reason) a civlized society bears that burden and tries to help them become productive, or their children. Assigning services to people based on their worth is discriminatory and opens the door to racism, profiling etc.
My country has a single payor health care system with universal access. Doctors are independant contractors who have a collective agreement with their province that sets rates at a sustainable level. Despite what you might hear from the Right, the Canadian system works - not flawlessly. Just like democracy, it's not the best system, it's just better than all the other options. There's all the usual fuckups that happen in any system, but my personal experience with it has been extremely positive. People get the care they need when they need it. Does someone line up for a diagnostic scan for something not life threatening? Yup. Does someone with cancer/CI/stroke etc. go to the front of the line? Hell yes. Thats how it /should/ work.
My Dad had a mild heart attack, was in the hospital Wednesday, and was out with a couple of stents in the following Friday and placed on a rigorous rehab program. All zero cost, very competent, and very fast.
Single payor systems just work, bitches.
Regards,
Mg
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Despite what many might think, socialized medicine is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. socialized medicine has been around for several centuries and has a very important meaning in the lives of many. It would be safe to assume that socialized medicine is going to be around for a long time and have an enormous impact on the lives of many people.
socialized medicine has a large role in American Culture. Many people can often be seen taking part in activities associated with socialized medicine. This is partly because people of most ages can be involved and families are brought together by this. Generally a person who displays their dislike for socialized medicine may be considered an outcast.
It is not common practice to associate economics with socialized medicine. Generally, socialized medicine would be thought to have no effect on our economic situation, but there are in fact some effects. The sales industry associated with socialized medicine is actually a 2.3 billion dollar a year industry and growing each year. The industry employs nearly 150,000 people in the United States alone. It would be safe to say that socialized medicine play an important role in American economics and shouldn't be taken for granted.
After a three month long research project, I've been able to conclude that socialized medicine doesn't negatively effect the environment at all. A socialized medicine did not seem to result in waste products and couldn't be found in forests, jungles, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc... In fact, socialized medicine produced some positive effects on our sweet little nature.
Oh does socialized medicine ever influence politics. Last year 5 candidates running for some sort of position used socialized medicine as the primary topic of their campaign. A person might think socialized medicine would be a bad topic to lead a campaign with, but in fact with the social and environmental impact is has, this topic was able to gain a great number of followers. These 5 candidates went 4 for 5 on winning their positions.
socialized medicine seem to be a much more important idea that most give credit for. Next time you see or think of socialized medicine, think about what you just read and realize what is really going on. It is likely you under valued socialized medicine before, but will now start to give the credited needed and deserved.