"Toward The End Of A Nearly Century-Long Struggle"

[El Nino]

BTW Chef BS, you posted this thread in the wrong section. Should be in the Politics area... Zippy!

[Beagle]

No one would argue that a wealthy Canadian will come to New York City for his bypass surgery because we have the best surgeons and hospitals in the world. Where do you think they'd fly Putin to if he had a sudden heart attack?
But what good is top of the line health care if it's only accessible to a small number of privleged VIPS?

Do you think the Manhattan doc who did Bill Clinton and David Letterman's operations ever sees uninsured patients? A lot of our top specialists will only treat patients on a cash basis because they don't want the hassle of reimbursement schedules that don't cover their full fee.

It's not just the rich who come from Canada to the USA for health care. The vast majority are middle income people who can't get timely service in Canada.

In fact, there are numerous businesses in Canada that do nothing else than to set up and match Canadian citizens with Doctors and Hospitals here in the USA.

I personally know several Canadians who have come to the US for service and these people aren't rich by any stretch of the imagination.

Please take a moment and watch this...

[95racer]

The health care legislation has nothing to do with health care. It greatly increases controlling power and makes even more dependents for government. That is the final objective.

[El Nino]

This was Chefmike's last post ever... what happened to him?

[broncofan]

Good question. I was mostly only reading posts at the time but I liked that guy.

[trish]

'often asked myself the same question. He was one of the stars of these boards and was always around to lend moral support and bring his special kind of sympathetic outrage to the issues that arose. Love you Chefmike, where ever you are.