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Don't get me started on the topic of Canadian healthcare. It is nowhere
near anything what it is supposed to be: Hospitals are overcrouded!
Service is C---! Nurses are overworked! (I know, I am one!) You want
true universality? Then we should include Optometry, Dentistry and
Pharmacy services; but our government is too stingy to spend any DECENT
amount of monies where they should! What does Mr. Martin do with this
SURPLUS we've been running since he was Minister of Finance? Hell, true
Universality: Take healthcare out of the Provinces' jurisdiction and
make it exclusively a federal jurisdiction so that ALL provinces get
the same services. Right now the ones with bigger voices (Quebec and
Ontario) seem to get the "Lions' Share".

Sorry, Just had to rant.

Jennifer in BC.

Why don't you consider getting it out of the government's hands altogether,
and making it a competitive, private enterprise business? If you don't like
the services provided by one hospital/HMO, then you can go to another, and
give your money to the people who do the job best, just like you do when you
buy groceries or clothing, or automobile insurance.
Not that that's the way it is here in the US.....Our health services
have been screwed up by socialism just as bad as yours have. For some
reason, people think, "important" things should be handled by their
governments. They never seem to get the message that anything the government
touches gets destroyed by the inefficiency that comes with lack of
competition, and guaranteed permanent employment no matter how badly you do
your job.
End of my, "rant".