From: Carbon on 6 Sep 2009 14:09 On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:34:34 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > Right now, insurance companies, individuals, health care providers and > the sick people themselves make the decisions. What I really don't > like about the system in Canada is it's a govt only thing. Even if you > have the money to pay for the treatment, you can't get it in Canada if > the govt says no. Right now a Canadian could go to the Us, but that > could change....... How do imagine that would happen? Armed guards at the borders?
From: Carbon on 6 Sep 2009 14:12 On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:43:04 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > The woman in Oregon who was denied an expensive drug by the govt, and > when big pharma found out about it offered to comp the drug to the > woman is a telling story. Big pharma is more ethical that the govt in > these cases, and not for no reason. Comping the drug here and there > cost big pharma nothing...but it is something the govt cannot do as > the govt doesn't know how to be big pharma. Oh yes, big pharma is a moral beacon for us all.
From: Carbon on 6 Sep 2009 14:15 On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:00:33 +0000, assimilate wrote: > On 6-Sep-2009, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >> I do not care about Kennedy or Rangel. The discussion was whether >> Palin is capable of holding high public office, and she clearly is >> not. > > I would say that as an elected Gov, your opinion didn't count much > there. Your equally irrelevant opinion is noted.
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 6 Sep 2009 14:19 On Sep 6, 1:09 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:34:34 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > > Right now, insurance companies, individuals, health care providers and > > the sick people themselves make the decisions. What I really don't > > like about the system in Canada is it's a govt only thing. Even if you > > have the money to pay for the treatment, you can't get it in Canada if > > the govt says no. Right now a Canadian could go to the Us, but that > > could change....... > > How do imagine that would happen? Armed guards at the borders? The facility simply will no longer be available
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 6 Sep 2009 14:20
On Sep 6, 1:12 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:43:04 -0700, Dinosaur_Sr wrote: > > The woman in Oregon who was denied an expensive drug by the govt, and > > when big pharma found out about it offered to comp the drug to the > > woman is a telling story. Big pharma is more ethical that the govt in > > these cases, and not for no reason. Comping the drug here and there > > cost big pharma nothing...but it is something the govt cannot do as > > the govt doesn't know how to be big pharma. > > Oh yes, big pharma is a moral beacon for us all. Moreso than the govt of Oregon, as a point of fact in at least one case...and in my experience with these sorts of things, where there is one, there are more. |