8 thoughts on “Hey now, we have nuts – we just elect them”

  1. “they can go to the doctor any time they want and not go bankrupt.”

    This why many of these countries are so much higher on the “Happiness” list. Less stress about losing everything.

    Keeping people on the precipice of losing it all is the best way to control them.

  2. With the reported long wait times in Canada and the UK, I am doubting that they can see a doctor at any time. They can go to one at anytime but probably not be seen for quite sometime.

    And their income tax rate is what, about 50% or more to pay for this?

    • out of all my friends in the UK, about two dozen from all walks and spread out across the country, the most someone had to wait for an appointment was 6 weeks. One friend needed knee replacement surgery and they got him under the knife that same afternoon. And they pay 27% of their income as “tax” that also covers their free healthcare (we pay on average about 18% with no healthcare benefit until we hit 65)

    • I have a Cadillac health care plan and it takes me a month at least to get an appointment with my primary or a specialist. 2 to 3 months for a physical.
      If I need it quicker I have to go to Urgent Care or the emergency room.

  3. Just arrived home from the latest appointment with my Haematologist (specialist, not a registrar) who manages my condition. No charge.
    Initially , from the time I was referred by my GP (free) to seeing the specialist the wait was four days.
    Autologous Stem Cell transplant happened as soon as possible after chemotherapy, all of which (including time in hospital) was covered by public health here in Australia.
    And we don’t pay taxes of 50% to fund it.
    If I lived in the USA, I would be worm food by now. Guess it’s more important to have a big beautiful ballroom than keep your citizens alive.

    • That ballroom for the White House is funded by private donations, not any tax money, so that is irrelevant.

      • an even better argument – as the beneficiaries of better healthcare are the workers under those private donors.

      • Yes, Tim, the ballroom reference was intentionally glib and irrelevant. There are a host of better examples that would serve the purpose of comparison. But I do like a chuckle, sorry it was triggering.
        Perhaps more to the point. The treatment I’m receiving was developed in the USA. I’m receiving it with no charge through our national healthcare scheme, as would any Australian citizen. Sadly, many of your compatriots die quite soon after diagnosis because treatment is unaffordable.
        (And on the ballroom. Talk about a dog pissing on a tree to mark its territory. Crucial services are being withdrawn, the rest of the world is ROFL at the taco tariffs and …Epstein. But, sure, build a pretty ballroom)

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