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HEALTHCARE FUNDING IN CANADA
posted at January 16, 2012 7:46 AM EST
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(SHE SAID EVERY CANADIAN DESERVES THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTHCARE....wow imagine that for us .... ) B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who has been positive about the federal government's move last month to tie health-care transfers to expansion of the economy after 2017, said Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's decision to deliver the money on a per-capita basis will unfairly penalize B.C. with its aging population. "We look at per-capita funding and say it needs to be finessed a bit," said Clark. "We need to find a way to refine the per-capita formula to reflect age." She said a senior citizen in British Columbian costs the health-care system about $22,000 a year, while a person in their twenties cost the system about $2,000 annually. "I don't care where you live, if it's Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Victoria, British Columbia or downtown Edmonton, every Canadian deserves the best possible health care." |
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Re: HEALTHCARE FUNDING IN CANADA
posted at January 16, 2012 6:52 PM EST
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And to think our politicians want us to believe that Medicare is in trouble and Obama's health care plan should be scrapped. The only thing keeping us from having the type of health care that Canada has are these Insurance companies that own our politicians and YOU. When are we going to open our eyes and see the real problem here? When are we going to start doing something about it? Someone once called me an optimist jokingly because of my insistence of something can be done to change Medicare the way we want it rather than the way a politician wants it. As if nothing can be done to save the program. Well folks something can be done by voting your lawmaker out. This is not only a senior issue we are talking about. As JANMB once said "MEDICARE FOR ALL, not just seniors." n Response to HEALTHCARE FUNDING IN CANADA: (SHE SAID EVERY CANADIAN DESERVES THE BEST POSSIBLE HEALTHCARE....wow imagine that for us .... ) VICTORIA - A tour of a new, ultra-modern patient-care centre in Victoria — with its smart beds, fresh air ducts and healing gardens — had Canada's premiers praising patient-care innovations B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who has been positive about the federal government's move last month to tie health-care transfers to expansion of the economy after 2017, said Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's decision to deliver the money on a per-capita basis will unfairly penalize B.C. with its aging population. "We look at per-capita funding and say it needs to be finessed a bit," said Clark. "We need to find a way to refine the per-capita formula to reflect age." She said a senior citizen in British Columbian costs the health-care system about $22,000 a year, while a person in their twenties cost the system about $2,000 annually. "I don't care where you live, if it's Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Victoria, British Columbia or downtown Edmonton, every Canadian deserves the best possible health care." http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/01/15/health-transfers-canada-provinces_n_1207195.html Posted by JANMB |
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Re: HEALTHCARE FUNDING IN CANADA
posted at January 17, 2012 11:50 AM EST
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In Response to Re: HEALTHCARE FUNDING IN CANADA: And to think our politicians want us to believe that Medicare is in trouble and Obama's health care plan should be scrapped. Posted by creppelrm What a difference in the thinking between Canada and the USA. Elaborate privatization, maximizing wealth transfers to Wall Street ..make slaves instead of empowered workers. MAYBE...when the costs rise exploding the plans w/premiums rising, & when people cannot afford the plans, we'll have universal healthcare. At least that is my wish for our children and grandkids. If we only could get the backward thinking republicans out of the picture....we could have sanity back too. |
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