The truth is this nation has the highest health care costs on earth and minute to demonstrate for it. Oh, yes, we have all the like gizmos like MRI equipment, botox, transplants of honest about every bodypart you can believe of. Does this apply to every person in need, though? What about the elderly cancer patient on a vulgar fixed income? Or how about the student on her fill with no wealthy relatives to abet out, who gets meningitis? Or the numerous out-of-work Americans with no health care thought, no retirement funds to plunder, who are also losing their homes? Express THEM they don’t need aid, fair tough it out and end whining.

Coming from a bi-national family background (a “border baby”, with an American father and Canadian mother) I’ve had the incredible experience of having lived in another country at one time. Having been born in Detroit, and brought befriend to Ontario by my mother once her marriage broke up, I grew up in Canada. There was no universal health care system there until the mid-’60s, and subsequently I missed out on many of the health needs a young child should have met. Once Ontario implemented the OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Belief) system, it became possible for many people of that province to rep care they required. Myself, I wasn’t in the program until it became possible for me in my twenties; not mighty long after that, the provincial government extended that availability to all residents, and this gradually spread nation-wide. Until you’ve been told you need surgery and don’t have to wonder how to pay for it, you can’t possibly luxuriate in the justice of such a system. It’s a crime against humanity for the terrible to have to suffer and even die in some cases simply due to a lack of funds.

For those concerned about the prospect of paying through their tax dollars for frivolous surgery such as breast implants, the universal system as practised in Canada doesn’t conceal cosmetic surgery. It also has no coverage for glasses, dental or drug costs unless you’re a senior citizen. There was also a brief period when doctors were allowed, in the slack ’70s and early ’80s, to opt out of OHIP. There were even strikes by physicians, and many had already left for the greener grass of the US. Many also returned, disgusted because they were unable to net their fees. At least they knew benefit in their homeland they’d regain paid, even if there was a cap on what they could charge patients.

Another point made against government health care here is the long waits for treatment. Admittedly some waiting rooms I’ve seen in Ontario had long lineups. I have seen far, far worse situations, though, when living in California, with no insurance whatsoever. On an occasion where I had a serious discover injury, the patients spilled out of the waiting room onto the stairs outside. This was a clinic that did not engage any insurance, and I was told the wait would be AT LEAST 8 HOURS. God knows how long some of the people sitting there with sick, vomiting, wheezing kids had already been waiting. Luckily I was able to bag another clinic that only had a 2-hour wait, eventually. Had I needed immediate attention such as for a heart attack, who knows what the outcome might have been?

Certainly there needs to be inaugurate dialogue about health care reform, and the entire prospect needs careful drafting. Let’s not be reactionary, however, and automatically reject the view. People gain sick and injured, no matter what their bank accounts fill, and all should be regarded as equally deserving of adequate basic health care as a human upright.

Everyone in the country these days is going off the deep kill, it seems, debating the values versus perils of government-sponsored health care. On one hand you have those demonizing it as communism, declaring we’re all doomed to having our elderly relatives killed off by doctors, and everything we acquire sacred as Americans ripped out from under us. Then there is the side claiming they don’t want to be taxed to death by those who will be using the system (in other words NOT them, they’ll never find sick!) and none of this would be happening if it weren’t for Barack Obama. Will everyone please honest unruffled down for even a second and bewitch a behold at reality?

The truth is this nation has the highest health care costs on earth and minute to prove for it. Oh, yes, we have all the savor gizmos like MRI equipment, botox, transplants of unbiased about every bodypart you can assume of. Does this apply to every person in need, though? What about the elderly cancer patient on a coarse fixed income? Or how about the student on her beget with no wealthy relatives to aid out, who gets meningitis? Or the numerous out-of-work Americans with no health care thought, no retirement funds to plunder, who are also losing their homes? Pronounce THEM they don’t need relieve, honest tough it out and halt whining.

Coming from a bi-national family background (a “border baby”, with an American father and Canadian mother) I’ve had the incredible experience of having lived in another country at one time. Having been born in Detroit, and brought succor to Ontario by my mother once her marriage broke up, I grew up in Canada. There was no universal health care system there until the mid-’60s, and subsequently I missed out on many of the health needs a young child should have met. Once Ontario implemented the OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Idea) system, it became possible for many people of that province to acquire care they required. Myself, I wasn’t in the program until it became possible for me in my twenties; not distinguished long after that, the provincial government extended that availability to all residents, and this gradually spread nation-wide. Until you’ve been told you need surgery and don’t have to wonder how to pay for it, you can’t possibly be pleased the justice of such a system. It’s a crime against humanity for the terrible to have to suffer and even die in some cases simply due to a lack of funds.

For those concerned about the prospect of paying through their tax dollars for frivolous surgery such as breast implants, the universal system as practised in Canada doesn’t veil cosmetic surgery. It also has no coverage for glasses, dental or drug costs unless you’re a senior citizen. There was also a brief period when doctors were allowed, in the gradual ’70s and early ’80s, to opt out of OHIP. There were even strikes by physicians, and many had already left for the greener grass of the US. Many also returned, disgusted because they were unable to find their fees. At least they knew assist in their homeland they’d pick up paid, even if there was a cap on what they could charge patients.

Another point made against government health care here is the long waits for treatment. Admittedly some waiting rooms I’ve seen in Ontario had long lineups. I have seen far, far worse situations, though, when living in California, with no insurance whatsoever. On an occasion where I had a serious notice injury, the patients spilled out of the waiting room onto the stairs outside. This was a clinic that did not choose any insurance, and I was told the wait would be AT LEAST 8 HOURS. God knows how long some of the people sitting there with sick, vomiting, wheezing kids had already been waiting. Luckily I was able to accept another clinic that only had a 2-hour wait, eventually. Had I needed immediate attention such as for a heart attack, who knows what the outcome might have been?

Certainly there needs to be initiate dialogue about health care reform, and the entire prospect needs careful drafting. Let’s not be reactionary, however, and automatically reject the thought. People procure sick and injured, no matter what their bank accounts enjoy, and all should be regarded as equally deserving of adequate basic health care as a human accurate.