[Magdalen] A WTF moment indeed

[Marion Thompson]

We are blessed in Canada, no question.  Mind you, the Doug Ford Premier who
was elected in Ontario is doing his best to undo all the good and helpful
systems put in place over the years, whether education, sex ed, a whole
range of health services, autism, minimum wage increases, all sorts of
social services, stem cell research, flood controls (great timing there!),
IT development. He is intent on putting beer in the corner stores, selling
buck-a-beer, plastering gas pumps with his anti-carbon tax stickers;
increasing speed on highways.  What madness possesses those who want to
throw out the previous party???????????

On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 5:48 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What's insane is that most Americans' minds won't be changed about this
> even in the light of the many, many comments like yours, Roger, and others
> who live with single-payer healthcare and wouldn't live without it. We're
> sick over here in more ways than one.
>
> On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 4:02 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > On 26/05/2019 21:25, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> > > About two years ago, I attempted to get throughthe front door here
> while
> > carrying small packages placed in frontof the door by USPS.  It's a
> mistake
> > for me to have both handsoccupied and therefore I went down on the tile
> > > of the entryway.  It was summer, and the screen door had closed.I am in
> > that category of oldster who cannot get up from a positionflat on the
> > floor.  My partner was not home and I was not carryingmy phone.  I
> shouted
> > for my neighbor to call 911, and an ambulancearrived in about ten
> minutes.
> > They have a new (to me) cloth
> > > contraption that allows Two persons to pull a downed person fromthe
> > floor.  They wanted, of course, to take me to a hospital ER, butI assured
> > them I was just fine.  They insisted I be examined by aphysician.  I
> > pointed out I already had been checked by a physician.The visit was free
> of
> > charge. The cost to the ER would have been $500,Sometime you can beat the
> > system.
> >
> > $500 to go to the ER? The more I hear the more I am glad that we have
> > the National Health Service this side of the pond. It's a heck of a
> > sight cheaper than what happens in the USA and is far better value for
> > money on whatever measure you choose. There are people who say that an
> > insurance-based system is what we need but they often have links to
> > insurance companies. I was born a year or so before the NHS came in and
> > I certainly want it still to be here when I breathe my last.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>