benick wrote:

"Don Klipstein" wrote in message
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In article , benick wrote:

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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terry wrote:
There's been so much debate here and on other forums about Universal
US health care (pro and con) that one gets curious about how much it
NOW costs, say, the average US family, to have 'Health Insurance'.

We guess that the cost is either fully paid by the subscriber?
Or in other cases, partly by the subscriber and partly by their
employer?
Then there are others, we gather who have no health insurance at all?
And we understand there is something called Medicaid?

Insurance cost numbers a) As little as 'a few hundred' b) Over
$12,000, per year have been mentioned?.

But what is a 'typical' (or average) USA cost?
Hi,
Where I am up here in Alberta Canuck land, we don't pay anything. No
premium payment. Our system is not perfect but everyone is taken
care of.
I understand U.S. spends more than us per capita on health care.
And many are left out? That is something I don't understand.
To me health care is service for the public, not profit generating
business.

Yea it's pretty easy to cut defense spending to the point you Canucks
can
only put 3 navy ships to sea and the military is so small it is
irrelevant
for your socialists programs when you live next to the police station
(US of
A) and rely TOTALLY on it for protection...Pathatic if you ask me....

Make that 33 ships as of 2008. Not too bad for a country with 1/10 of
USA's population.

What was the last major medical breakthrough in a socialist healthcare
country, besides the abortion pill ??? How many in the USA ???

Like in USA prescription drugs having so much protectionism as to cost
more legally than illegal re-imports of USA-made FDA-approved drugs that
made two border crossings?

Like the military you rely on US to do it for you..then copy the
procedure , pills ect. and ration it out...

Not as badly as happens to all to many USA residents!

Like the Pig Flue , it will be the USA that beats it... Not Cuba or
Canada..... Nuff said...

I expect USA to not fare better than other industrialized democracies
this coming flu season!

- Don Klipstein )

Theyt may "have" 33 ships BUT they could only afford to put 3 ships to
sea to help NATO with the piracy of Somilia....
If a cure can be found for the Pig Flue it will originate in the USA not
Cuba or Canada.I should have been clearer for you Canadiens....How much
has Defense Spending been cut to pay for your Socialized rationed
medical care ?? By 2/3? IIRC....
Hmmm,
Defend from what? Aliens? Canada does not have many enemies like U.S.
Can you travel all over the world proudly showing stars and stripes on
you? I CAN and do with my maple leaf all the time. We're welcome every
where. Your defense dollar is all gobbled up by private military
industrial complex like Black water making a few crooks mega rich in
the name of your country.
Eisenhower warned about it when he was leaving White House and it became
a reality since the days when Cheney was SOD. Got whole lot worse with
Dubya in White House. I feel sorry for an American like you. Know the truth.