Yeah, but it doesn't cover dental for some reason. Why do teeth and gums get short shrift? And you still have to pay a whopping 13.5% tax on most goods to finance the system. For such a high tax, you'd expect health coverage to be comprehensive, but it isn't. I chatted with a friend from Canada and he says the system in general is quite good. But if you need a specialist or some kind of special test, you have to wait in line for it, sometimes for months. That's kind of scary. Of course, not being able to get treatment because you can't afford it is also pretty scary. Don't claim to know what an equitable solution would be to the situation here in the USA, but I am opposed to Obamacare™ in all its permutations. There has to be a better way, or at least I am hoping there is.
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Date: 2010-02-24 02:45 am (UTC)Seems a no-brainer to me.
Health care (offer void in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennesee and Kentucky).
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Date: 2010-02-24 07:30 am (UTC)Dick Chaney has excellent health care, as do all the rest of the crooks over there in Washington.