Just had a two hour conversation with my canadian soldier up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He shed a very interesting light on the way things run in Canada, and sadly, its not the fear mongering that Shaun Hannity has been espousing over on Fox News. Agreed, the current U.S. plan will be a major train wreck. However, he just laughed when things were related to him as per Hannity's Nightmare.
"Tell the bloke to get his head out of his arse and come up here himself and talk to people like me. Don't talk to just doctors who are on the bottom rung of the medical system, its more than one tier. If a lobbyist or lobbying group came up here, and tried pulling the crap that your Axlerod and Immelt people are pulling down there, the whole lot of them would be spit roasted on sight."
"I am most familiar with B.C. and Alberta because I have spent most of my life in each. Our cigarettes are ten bucks a pak, our liquor tax makes you want to stop drinking, and any related "luxury" taxes we have, go DIRECTLY into the health and care system, not into some dirty politician or special group's pockets."
"You want to run a Hummer or Jaguar up here, fine........you pay a 10 K annual luxury tax on those vehicles. You want to pollute our environment, fine, you pay for it, and all that money goes directly into the health care and clean air slots, not to some greedy bastard to siphon off for his cronies, like you have in the states."
"In Alberta, we have many Ivy League type med people and practicioners, who come up here for continuing education. In my opinion, Alberta is the best for health care, and that includes some of the excellent facilities you have down there. Now, Alberta is the most oil-rich province that we have. We make the most and best of it, and sell that oil at a premium price on the markets."
"Alberta does not have the luxury taxes B.C. does. They use all of their oil revenue taxes and put it back into their health system. There is no unemployment in Alberta. The military knows when every kid is turning 18. If he doesn't have a job, prospects, college etc., on the horizon, we usher him or her over to the armed services building and they sign up for military service. No discussion, no arguments."
"Alberta does not need to gouge people with gasoline taxes. The oil belongs to Canada, not oil companies. Now, Quebec has their own procedures, Ontario has their own way of doing things, Saskatchewan, etc., its provincial rules, based on the province, not the country........so tell your boy to deal in specifics, not abstracts."
OPINION---Canadian pride? Absolutely. It works for them and this guy had absolutely no complaints about the Canadian system. Memo to Hannity--this is what fair and balanced is all about. No doubt they have their share of problems and shortcomings, what system doesn't? But this guy does not have an agenda, you do. You, Coulter, Limbaugh will say and do anything that is right, white and tight. Get off it. Colmes, Williams, Jorge, Beckel, they are just as bad, leaning in the other direction. If all of you could have been on the Titanic, on the left and right sides of the ship, it never would have sunk.
Soldier's sidebar---"My wife and I crossed over into Montana....spent three weeks there working and vacationing. Difference between night and day. Every woman in Alberta has a movie star ass. You can see tightness and shape right through their baggy work clothes. Only one girl, a diner waitress, had any hotness to her in Montana. You guys and your greasy food and obese, sloppy people.... no wonder you have a health care problem." Don't get me wrong.....I love America. After all, if you guys would ever stop bankrolling our military, we'd be speaking Mandarin Chinese and Russian."
Canada does not have socialized medicine or national health care. EVERY PROVINCE HAS THEIR OWN FORM OF HEALTH CARE. In other words, he said very emphatically, that we have to be much more adamant about the 10 th. amendment regarding state's rights, that means having some guts to tell the feds to go pound salt, something that will never happen.
"We know how incompetent and stupid governments are. That's why the provinces take care of their own, in the best way they believe works, for what they have. Your states have to tell your feds to screw off and stay out of their business and let the states run your health care. Of course, until you get rid of those lobbyists, the chicanery you have in Washington, will defraud and deprive the needy in your states."
Canada does not tolerate lobbyists or lobbying of any kind. HELLO AMERICA. Want to shrink the size of government? Want to put these short-eyed pencil pushers on notice? Any future official, who wants to be elected by the people, goes on the record saying that his mantra will be to pass legislation that OUTLAWS AND ABOLISHES ALL LOBBYING, LOBBYISTS, PAC'S AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.
HR 3200 To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
The bill, HR 3200, as it sits in the House:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.pdf
Here are some HC Horrors I hurriedly skimmed from it:
PG 22 - Mandates the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure.PG 30, Sec 123 - A new Govt committee decides what treatments/benefits you get.
PG 29 - lines 4-16 - Your HC is rationed.
PG 42 - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC benefits for you. you have no choice.
PG 50, Section 152 - HC will be provided to ALL US residents, including non-citizens, legal or illegal.
PG 58 - Govt will have real-time access to individual finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued.
PG 59, Lines 21-24 - Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
PG 65, Sec 164 - A payoff for trade unions & community organizations (e.g. -ACORN) retirees and their families - their own subsidized HC plan.
PG 72, Lines 8-14 - Govt is creating a HC Exchange to bring private HC plans under Govt control.
PG 84, Sec 203 - Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.
PG 85, Line 7 - Specs for of benefit levels for plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare.
PG 91, Lines 4-7 - Govt mandates linguistic services; i.e., - translation for illegal aliens.
PG 95, Lines 8-18 - The Govt will use groups; e.g., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
PG 85, Line 7 - Specs of benefit levels for plans. AARP members - you HC WILL be rationed.
PG 102, Lines 12-18 - Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.
PG 124, Lines 24 - No company can sue Govt on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt monopoly.
PG 127, Lines 1-16 - Govt will decree doctor income.
PG 145, Line 15-17 An employer MUST enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE.
PG 126, Lines 22-25 - Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
PG 149, Lines 16-24 - ANY Employer w/payroll $400k & above who does not provide pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll
PG 150, Lines 9-13 - Employer w/payroll between $251k & $400k who doesn't provide pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll
PG 167, Lines 18-23 - ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt rules will be taxed 2.5% of income.
PG 170, Lines 1-3 - Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for their HC while they are here.)
PG 195 - Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans' financial & personal records.
PG 203, Line 14-15 - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that.
PG 239, Line 14-24 - Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected.
PG 241, Line 6-8 - All doctors no matter what specialty, skills or training will be paid the same.
PG 253, Line 10-18 - Govt sets value of doctors' time, professional judgement, etc. Literally government placing a value on human skills and human time.
PG 265, Sec 1131 - Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.
PG 268, Sec 1141 - Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs
PG 272 SEC. 1145 - Treatment of Certain cancer Hospitals - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing.
Page 280, Sec 1151 - The Govt will penalize hospitals for what Govt deems preventable readmissions.
PG 298, Lines 9-11 - Doctors who treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission will be penalized by Govt .
PG 317, Lines 13-20 - Prohibition/limits of doctors' ownership/investment. Govt tells doctors what/how much they can own.
PG 317-318, Lines 21-25, 1-3 - Govt mandates hospitals cannot expand
PG 321 2-13 - Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception with community input required. Another job for ACORN, PETA, or any envirowacko's.
PG 335, L 16-25 PG 336-339 - Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the Govt way. Rationing.
PG 341, Lines 3-9 - Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare, HMO's, private fee for service plans and force people into Govt plan.
PG 354, Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people. All you folks with Downes, cerebral palsy, polio and amputees report to the crematorium, stat.
PG 379, Sec 1191 - Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?
PG 425, Lines 4-12 - Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consultations. Another bureaucaracy of 'helping professionals' to take your parents from you.
PG 425, Lines 17-19 - Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory participation.
PG 425, Lines 22-25, 426, Lines 1-3 - Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you to death. PG 427, Lines 15-24 - Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends.
PG 429, Lines 1-9 - An "advance care planning consultant" will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates
PG 429, Lines 10-12 - "advance care consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans. An ORDER from Government about ending your loved one's life.
PG 429, Lines 13-25 - The Govt will specify which doctors can write an end of life order.
FAIR AND BALANCED ANALYSIS----Do you trust those 536 criminals called the United States Congress? Do you trust POTUS, or believe the things that POTUS is saying about health care reform? Do you believe that incendiary parts of this bill above, ALLEGEDLY, have been removed by these slimeballs? If you answed no to these questions, then vote anyone voting for this train derailment, directly out of office in 2010.
Do you believe that Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Christopher Dodd, Harry Reid, Chuck Shurmer, Charlie Rangel and their groveling amoeba--crats, will sneak the most heinous parts of this bill right back in at 3 a.m., just like they did with the extra 300 pages of "Cap and Tax.?"
If you answered "yes" to the above question, then vote these spineless jellyfish right out of office in 2010. Click on the link below to have a bit of levity. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e60VhXBo1S8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fatlasshrugs2000%2Etypepad%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
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