Comments by "MadHabber93" (@MadHabber93) on "KPBS Public Media" channel.

  1. And you don't have all the best docs in the world. THe U.S> does not hold a monopoly on great docs. If he was in any major Canadian Center he also would have received excellent care. My mom had the same disease and our system saved her life without her having to worry about a massive bill. And I'm not just the source, I could source countless relatives and friends and again poll after poll after poll showing Canadians STRONG support of our system.
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  2. Of course they would think that, because you are a neo-con moron. And here's a newsflash sunshine, medical advancements does NOT equate to a better system. Do you how many Americans simply forgo care every year due to cost? Millions. Not to mention, the American market consumes more than 50% of the market, so no shit they should create the most. Canada does more than its fair share of medical advancement if you bothered to research it Jethro.
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  3. WHo cares what Lesner said, its one person who NEVER actually received care in canada and he was at a SMALL community hospital. Just like if he was at a small one in the U.S., they wouldn't have been able to help him either.
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  4. It would not have been free for Lesner. NOt to mention, he ran into his problems in the middle of the backwoods of Manitoba and was at a very small community hospital. He was ignorant of excellent care we have because he's never had treatment here.
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  5. A. Read the study Phantoms in the Snow which showed that very very few Canadians go south for care. B. The U.S. produces the most people that go abroad for care. According to Delliotte, over a million Americans sought healthcare last year elsewhere because they coudn't afford it at home.
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  6. And again, tell me what claim did I get wrong. If you can't come up with it, then fuck off with your neo-conservative bullshit and go play with Glen Beck.
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  7. Again, for assault victims, Canada includes Assault 1 the MOST common assault, while the U.S. does not. FUcking moron.
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  8. I think its great, like 90% of Canadians, because no matter what your financial situation EVERYONE is guaranteed healthcare. And the SAME care you would receive in the States. You have been fooled by a couple of anecdotal 'stories' instead of looking at real healthcare outcomes. If you want real results, from real comparative studies between our countries, I'll source them. Quit listening to 'stories' and anecdotes and wake the fuck up.
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  9. @Freshbott2 We don't wait long for urgent care in Canada. Wait lists are for elective procedures, and are not as bad as protrayed by U.S. reporters. There is some privatisation in Canada, but not to the same two tiered system as Australia.
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  10. You can wait 5 hours in any emerg in the world, like I did in Dallas. If you walk into any Canadian hospital complaining of chest pains, like I did, you get in right away. Maybe your uncle didn't explain his pains or he was just referred to go there. I asked where he lives because in small town rural hospitals, service will be slower. Again, your story is ancedotal. Evidence on our health outcomes proove otherwise on how well it works.
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  11. You fucking twit. Nationmaster doesn't even list the U.S. in rape stats. nationmasterDOTcom/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita And where do you think Nationmaster and Wiki pull their numbers from? The exact same sources Einstein. The U.S. had nearly 90,000 report rapes in 2010 vs. 576 in Canada. Do the per capita math there skippy.
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  12. Bad, when you keep sighting the same video as proof, for ONE guy, your argument just keeps getting diluted. Here's from a Harvard study. You know, actual study proof that your system sucks vs ancedotal evidence. Lead author Dr. Karen Lasser, Instructor of Medicine at Harvard commented, we found that waiting times affect few patients, only 3.5% of Canadians. Based on our findings, if I had to choose between the two systems for my patients, I would choose the Canadian system hands down."
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  13. @Varyalover So you've been to Romania then?
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  14. You called the CMA, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Now your a comedian?!!!!
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  15. @mrfwest Did you watch the videos after we won the gold medal, with thousands cramming the streets in cities across the country waving Canadian flags?? Have you been to Canada? We are an extremely proud nation. Watching a couple of cherry picked videos on the net doesn't mean a hill of beans. Please, broaden your horizons.
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  16. An operation Williams could have gotten in Toronto or MOntreal or Ottawa, as heart specialist have all said there is virtually no heart procedure that is NOT done in Canada. Although it hasn't come out why he has gone to the u.s., the rumor is that he is in Florida. A 12 week recovery time in Toronto in the middle of winter or warm Florida. Hmmmm. You do realize that Americans come to Canada for less expensive care?! Not mention other countries.
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  17. I am? Think not. Strictly vacation. Hanging with Mickey Mouse. Thank god I have insurance though, unlike the 47 million Americans living off the seat of their pants. God also hopes I don't get sick, since the U.S. has the highest hospital mortality rates on the planet. 45,000 dead dead dead.
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  18. @bigbad169 AGain, where is your proof that we are 'stuffed' in your clinics. I have factual proof that 60,000 Americans screwed our system. I'll send you the link. I have a proof that 45,000 Americans die every year due to lack of access to healthcare. You have none on ours. Our cardiac outcomes are better than yours. I have proof not bullshit opinion. I have proof that 60% of all bankruptcies in the States are due to healthcare costs. You have NOTHING!!!!
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  19. @bigbad169 Makes sense to me. Cross the border to a system that kills 45,000 of its residents every year. Dead Dead Dead
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  20. Ignorance is bliss sunshine. I've worked in the Pharma industry for the past 20 years, I think I know a wee bit more about the medical industry than yourself, but thanks for coming out. Have a super day.
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  21. Here's a link showing medical ones until 2006. There have been more since then. canadianmedicinenewsDOTcom/2007/11/canadas-greatest-medical-research.html
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  22. @WCBvictim ONe guy name 'jeff' means fuck all. Its a nice story though. More anecdotal evidence, with no links to prove I might add, that proves nothing fuck face. And its YOU'RE my BITCH, not your my bitch. Nice grammar simpleton. Bwah ha ha ha.
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  23. Yes, they wait, decide that Canada is WAAAAAAY better than yankeeville and decide to stay. Did I say 250,000, sorry, I meant the whole country. You are now Canadian. Welcome. Booya
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  24. Look up causes of death. Traffic addidents make up a whopping 1.7% of all deaths in the U.S. In addition, all countries include accidents in their causes of death calculation. Not to mention that when comparing accidents against other countries, many have more accidents has a proportion of deaths then the U.S. does. Furthermore, Canadians are fighting in Afghanistan and have lost lives there you dipshit. You are one ignorant Mo Fo.
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  25. @bigbad169 Cite me the link where he even talked to the U.S> press. That's right he didn't, therefore you can't. Provide a link or proof that thousands are dieing in Canada waiting. That's right. You can't. Why, because we don't wait for urgent care, and you are one big fucking liar. Owned.
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  26. Dec.7th report: More than 2,800 Canadian troops are currently in Afghanistan, according to NATO. Most of them are based in the Kandahar province in the southern part of the country, home to some of the worst violence and instability. Afghanistan is also the largest recipient of development aid from Canada. According to the government, Canada will have authorized $1.2 billion in aid to Afghanistan from 2002 through 2011.
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  27. @LDB37 Hate to say it, but mrfwest is right, Russia is still the largest country by geographical size.
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  28. @yukoncornileus4 First off, if you are going by the WHO ranking, it wasn't 35th. Not to mention that was bogus report and outdated. Germany does have some waiting lists for elective procedures. But have you checked their doctor to patient ratio? Not to mention, they spend close to us per capita on healthcare, but their ratio of spending publicly is much higher. Ours is 70% public and 30% private, while their's is closer to 90%. Private for profit care is increasing our costs.
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  29. lol. I looked at the rape victims from Nationmaster. If you look at the bottom, its actually the measure of Sexual Assault, not just rape. Canada includes simple touching as sexual assault, the U.S. DOES NOT. In other words, its not actually comparing Rape, but sexual assault, which the U.S. does not measure even remotely the same as us. Of course, I've researched this to that and YOU HAVEN'T. AGAIN, total rapes(penetration) 85,000 U.S. victims vs. 570 Canadian. TWIT!
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  30. @yukoncornileus4 Spare me your 'father's of confederation and liberty' bullshit. And spare me labelling me a socialist when even the VAST majority of conservatives in this country (a party that I vote for) are in FULL support of SIngle Payer healthcare. You my dear gold digger, are in the minority by a LOOOONG shot. For buying your knee replacement, we only have so many surgeons. If surgeons only do private for profit surgery serving the few rich, how does everyone else get one??
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  31. @yukoncornileus4 That's weird, haven't seen the advertising. Not to mention wait time for knee replacements have been drastically reduced across Canada. As someone who works in Pharma, going in and out of hospitals across SW Ontario and western Canada, you do realize that doctors need office space...right? I guess not. Admin offices in Canada, in comparison to U.S. hospitals, pale in number. Not to mention our admin costs are FAR less than the U.S. And the gov't doesn't run hospitals.
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  32. I would lie because???........Spare me. What claim did I get wrong? Please, enlighten me.
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  33. @bigbad169 Again, you are cherry picking. That was one case in Quebec. Give me a break. And, again, your repeat on short course in brain surgery is one case that can happen. Painting our system with a broad brush from ancedotal evidence is called cherry picking. Saying we die from a bump on the head is a lie! When comparing our systems head to head, we are at least on par or better in most healthcare outcomes. Facts dipshit, facts.
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  34. Re-read what I said dumbass. I said PER CAPITA. We only have 2700 troups in Afghanistan. That means we have lost about 5%, while the U.S. is in the range of 2-3% OR LESS. BAM BAM BAM Fuckin Putz. And I thought we didn't fight, like you claimed. BAM BAM And I'm a guy pencil dick.
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  35. @gcxred4kat9 Google dr. shortages in the U.S. Google how many simply forgo treatment at all, in other words, a wait time of FOREVER. Google the study Phantoms in the Snow that concluded that rich or many Canadians going south for care is a myth. Google open medicine Canadian vs. American healthcare outcomes. Google Canadian vs. American income tax rates. Google how long Canadians wait for urgent care...WE DON'T. Here's an idea, don't smoke, and don't drink a lot.
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  36. @mrfwest #31 in what ranking? WHO? The same one that put yours lower? Again, what crappy hospitals? Opinions mean fuck all. For it being doomed. Our gdp spending on healthcare is around 10 to 11%, and has been the last 2 decades. We also have a debt to GDP ratio that is the lowest in the G8. Our system is staying, but thanks for your opinion from a 21 year old American.
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  37. Too bad everything ARepublicanVictory has written is factually incorrect, except the amount of spending on healthcare we do in Canada.
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  38. The amount of Canadians that come to the U.S. is a trickle. Unlike the 750,000 Americans that went abroad for operations, including countries like Canada, because its far cheaper, yet just as good, to get operated on their.
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  39. @yukoncornileus4 Cambie is doing alright, but spare me that 'the deck' was stacked against them in Alberta. Proper management would have worked, but they didn't have it. Not to mention, patients for hip operations being shuttled to private for profit clinics were charging the gov't more than what the private for non profit hospitals were. In other words, charging more the same operation, with no better results. Sorry, you can keep that. Gov't only funds universities partially.
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  40. A. You gave no links. B. I gave quotes from Canadian experts that it is. C. I gave locations that it is D. Admitting that you are a lying idiot is very big of you. I'm very proud of you right now I'm tearing up.
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  41. Stupid is getting your information from 'stories' and anecdotes from a few people then painting with a broad brush.
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  42. @bigbad169 You brought up Afghanistan and you were called out on your lies and made to look stupid. Barbaric is 45,000 of your citizens that die every year due to lack of access to healthcare. Barbaric is 60% of U.S. bankruptcies caused by medical bills. Humane is waiting a couple of months to get a knee replacement so my neighbour can get timely cancer treatment. Barbaric is forcing someone to sell their house so they can get that cancer treatment. Nice try sunshine. Booya!!
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  43. cont'd "Relative to other involvements of Canada around the world, it's an enormous commitment," Alan Henrikson, a professor of diplomatic history at Tufts University, told CNN earlier this year. "It is proportionally larger than the stake the United States has in Afghanistan."
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  44. @bigbad169 Oh, so you are the source. Yeah, that's reliable. Troll. 45,000 dead dead dead. And its only going higher. You poor poor Americans. I feel badly for you. I really do. Provide a credible debate, and I'll go with you on it. If not, move along small fry.
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  45. If you bothered to do some research, you would realize that medical research is alive and well in Canada.
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  46. I don't give a shit about the number you are claiming, as I'm not pushing our system on yours. Since you didn't seem to grasp my posts the first time re-read them. I called you on your ignorace of our system and you lost. Never once did I say go to ours so Get over it. BTW, your claim of 70% not wanting it is b.s. The poll conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News suggests 57 percent of Americans are in favor of a public insurance option. Oct/09
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  47. @yukoncornileus4 Who said they did?? I'm not talking education nor gasoline. Two Entirely different things than healthcare. Not to mention, we have certified teachers in this country with NO job. I come from a family of teachers. Supply far outstrips demand. If we don't have enough doctors for a strictly public system, how do we have enough for a 2 tier system? Answer..We don't. Private for profit clinics pull much needed docs that serve many to only serve the priviledged few.
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  48. @mrfwest No, that's not what I said. I said Toronto SickKids Hospital is one of the best CHILDREN'S hospitals in the world in that category. So wrong there.
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  49. Someone without insurance will never get that hip replacement, someone in Canada might wait 2 months, but WILL get it.
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  50. @GOllumboy101 You sir are the one that needs to read up on Canada's system. Show me where its going bankrupt??
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