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We have universal health care in Canada but what the government won't tell you is that it universally sucks. People are dying in this country because their cancer meds are not being funded, and for many procedures the waiting lists are excessively long and the only alternative is to travel out of Canada to get the job done. I have to pay for my eye exams and glasses(eye exams used to be covered every 2 years), but a transexual gets his sexchange operation paid for by the taxpayer. Heroin junkies get their needles for free, but diabetics must pay for them out of their own pocket. Cutbacks to services are being made all the time as we artificially grow our population through immigration and expenses continue to mount. I am not rich and I have no benefits other than OHIP(Ontario health insurance) but if I was and could afford a better standard of care I would. Canada is a country that panders to every special interest group (immigrants, homosexuals, and natives) while systematically alienating everyone else. And if you don't think that Obama has a similar version for your once great country, then you are naiive. Governments will not change as long as the people are dependent on them to pay their bills, their welfare, their disability pension, their old age pension, their child supplement (aka baby bonus),and their healthcare. People complain to me all the time about the government but change will never happen unless people take responsibility for their own lives.
12 years ago. Rating: 1 | |