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

  1. @mrfwest Look at the healthcare cost. Ok.. where? You are making a claim of data then where is it?? The fact is, your per capita spending on healthcare as gone up faster and higher than ours the last 2 decades. BACK YOUR SHIT UP.
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  2. @bigbad169 yup ok. hahahaha
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  3. @mrfwest You obviously didn't check. Here is a report that shows food prices for many different items. "Prices for fresh food vary on average by about 20 percent around the EU-average. For most products the difference between the cheapest and the most expensive country is more than 50 percent" ecDOTeuropaDOTeu/internal_market/economic-reports/docs/2002-05-price_enDOTpdf
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  4. FixWCB is a product of the workman's compensation board, who controls his healthcare, not the provincial system that EVERYONE else uses. THe average wait time for NON-urgent MRI's is 30 days. Immediately if urgent. Doctors didn't treat him because he's a FUCKING lunatic.
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  5. To everyone responding to bb169. ITs clear he's a bullshit artist, especially from his last post claiming more people die in Canada waiting, when no study shows that. That more Canadians travel to Cuba more than any other reason, when we go their for vacation, etc. etc. Igorance is bliss on his part, so, just ignore him. He truly is a waste of our intelligence and time.
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  6. Bad, again, I'd worry more about the 45,000 Americans that die every year because they can't access the supposed 'best' system in world. You are delusional small fry. Williams stays in Canada, he lives. Those 45,000 Americans stay in the U.S. and DIE......EVERY YEAR. You've beat nothing but your own ass. Booya
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  7. I agree that Canada's system is not perfect, but when Canadians need urgent care they receive it with NO or little waits. That's all I have experienced in my 40 years, and what the rest of my LARGE immediate and extended family have experienced.
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  8. Wow, why didn't you say so. You've 'met some Canadians" Please look up the term anecdotal evidence then google Canadians satisfaction of our system. It always around 85%. Not to mention, our healthcare is NOT socialist, our insurance is.
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  9. It amazes how truly uninformed you are. Canada has been fight in Khandahar on their own for a LONG time. We have also lost more troops per capita than any other nation in Afghanistan. Including the States. 2nd, instead of spotting off what you 'think', use something called google, and look up causes of death worldwide. They include them dipshit. 3rd. A german designed the luge track. You are the poster child for ignorant American.
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  10. You need to stop getting your info from Stossel. 90% of patients in Ontario receive their hip replacement in 3 months. THerefore, the more severe cases are seen in days. Cost $0. Wait times for millions of Americans with no insurance. FOREVER. Next.
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  11. @bigbad169 And the premier hasn't said why he has gone to the states. You are making your own conclusion on a multi-millionaire, that I bet you are wrong on. I'd worry more about the thousands of Americans that will NEVER get that heart bypass because they can't afford it, or lose their home to get it. That's barbaric dipshit. What's it like to be a total ignorant ass???
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  12. @bigbad169 According to medical correspondent, Dr. Jon LaPook, out of the 680,000 new cancer cases diagnosed last year in the U.S., nearly 70 percent of patients, despite health insurance, are either debt-ridden or face the difficult choice of paying for necessities or paying for their cancer care. Dr. John Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society, remarked:"One in five cancer patients will spend virtually all their life savings to get the treatment they need!" THAT'S BARBARIC!!!
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  13. Yeah, I can defend it. His buddy in New York referred him there without getting an opinion from Toronto or Ottawa or anywhere else in Canada. He claimed in an interview that he wasn't given the less invasive option, when numerous centres do the procedure in Canada. Therefore, he didn't research it. Plus, he's fuckin loaded. Again, worry about your coutrymen who will NEVER get it due to cost then some rich Canadian that didn't get full advice. 45,000 dead dead dead
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  14. @bigbad169 You know, why do you insist on being a total, ignornat, knob????? 140 dead of 3000 troops, meaning Canada has sacrificied more lives per captia FIGHTING in your countries War, yet you insist in continuing to insult us??? Troll. SHAME SHAME
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  15. Yet they presented a very unbiased piece. Strange. Maybe they should have the Sun News network or Fox to a comparison. I'm sure they wouldn't be biased at all. Maybe ask the Fraser Institute.
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  16. @bigbad169 60,000 Americans fraudulantly used the Ontario Insurance plan in 1993. It was so bad, that they had to switch our cards to photo's, so we could eliminate Americans using our hospitals and clinics for free. Facts my dear child. FACTS. Look up the story of Richardson and get them right, as you are making yourself look silly. 4 months my ass.
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  17. 45,000 dead dead dead. That hasn't changed, and is just getting worse. I'm scared for my trip to Orlando later this week. Thank God I have insurance.
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  18. @bigbad169 If it makes you feel better to make shit up, which somehow helps you compensate for an obvious fragile ego, that's great. Once you can provide one shred of actual fact or proof of ANY of your claims, then get back to me little man. And while your at it. Look up the recent Harvard study showing that 45,000 DIE EVERY YEAR in the U.S. due to lack of access to your wonderful system. I'll take that one guy waiting for his brain surgery any day. Give me an L!!!!!
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  19. What Fixwcb doesn't tell you is the vast majority of the Canadian public, 99.9% aren't under workman's comp, and therefore don't fall under his bullshit claim. 90% of Canadians are MORE than happy with our Universal System. Workman comp patients DO NOT fall under it.
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  20. @InterntzTrollerinz With that name, I'll give you the title. ;)
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  21. More bogus stats eh bigbad bonehead?!!!
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  22. You know, my 4 year old daughter has better come backs then you. Move along little one, you are OUT of your league.
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  23. Let me explain his story. He was hunting in southern Manitoba, in a very remote, rural area. No where near a major city or major hospital. He had an epidsode and went to a VERY small, rural clinic/hospital. True, they were not equipped to handle major surgery BECAUSE he was in the middle of NO WHERE. If he was near Winnipeg, he would have been dealt quickly at a great hospital. He chose to drive back into his home State. Means sweet fuck all. And again a dozen Canadians also mean fuck all.
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  24. @FIXWCBCANADA Grow up you fucking tool. Do you have the ability to understand that YOU ARE CONTROLLED BY WORKMAN'S COMP not the PROVINCIAL SYSTEM??? When ever your small little mind gets that little tidbit of fact, maybe then you'll join the rest of the world in brain function.
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  25. @Messier83 You make a good point, that I have said to others as well. The issue isn't the quality of healthcare in either country. Both countries have great doctors, hospitals, nurses and technology. Its a question of access. Both countries have different limitations of access. We in Canada are working on reducing wait times for elective procedures to a minimum. If the States can just eliminate Insurance company abuses, that would be a huge step.
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  26. @mrfwest Do you understand what oil reserves mean?? Obviously not. Google it. THe United States is NOT a member of OPEC, and therefore has ZERO power over what the U.S. can and cannot drill. And sorry, sentence structure plays a pretty big role in one's intelligence. Is it the only factor, no, but a key one.
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  27. @bigbad169 10,000 a day eh? Wow, it goes from stupid to ridiculous. Have you no shame little one? 45,000 a year, dead Americans. That's more than 4 9/11's. Nice system.
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  28. @bigbad169 Show me one study that shows that are death rate is "through the roof" before surgery. Let me save you the time. There aren't any. What's it like to LIE??! You don't get it. For 99% of the cases, we DON'T wait for urgent surgery. Your knee replacement, yes, heart surgery no. Does the occasional patient fall through the cracks, maybe, but it pales in comparison to the 45,000 that die in the U.S. every year. Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. Your opinion is shit.
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  29. @bigbad169 You are one fucked up little man, aren't you. THese are OPINION PIECES. I've already said SOME Canadians go to the U.S. for ELECTIVE procedures. But the numbers are small and PALE in comarison to how many Americans travel abroad for care, including Canada. I can't help that you are TOO DENSE to understand that.
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  30. @PonguigPeopinn Ok, just because they haven't provided information on other systems does not mean what was presented here was propaganda. I'll ask again, what did they present here that is propaganda?
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  31. @mrfwest But how can it vary on location, when you just said all of Europe is the same. You made the argument that they should have cheaper prices based on population size, when they are all SEPARATE countries with different rules, etc. VAT levels (taxes) are all pretty much the same in Europe. You made another claim that I buried you on, so really, give up already. You are making a fool of yourself. Btw, have you been to Europe? I have. Many of them. Prices vary everywhere.
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  32. @bigbad169 And really, I said, once you have ACTUAL proof or facts based on study, I'm listening. I find it funny you come back with the same ancedotal evidence based story on ONE guy. Just look up Denied care on Youtube and you'll have case after case after case after case and so on, on Americans denied coverage for their healthcare and can't afford to pay for it themselves. What a GREAT barbaric system you have their small prick. Wait time FOREVER!!!!! Give me an E.
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  33. Or how about According to CBS News' medical correspondent, Dr. Jon LaPook, out of the 680,000 or so new cancer cases diagnosed last year, nearly 70 percent of patients, despite health insurance, are either debt-ridden or face the difficult choice of paying for necessities or paying for their cancer care.
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  34. LOL, I'm a radical leftist? Even though I've voted Conservative the last 3 federal and provincial elections? I'm radical leftist because I support, like many other fiscal conservatives, a system that costs less yet serves everyone? I don't like socialism, nor support. Like I said there Jethro, I've been in the Pharma Industry for 20 years, I fully support capitalism when it works. And Reagan, for the record, did some good things but also RAISED taxes 7 times.
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  35. @leafs4life3danield It must have hurt, you responded poor boy. Again, you are not your parents money...that they don't have. Go eat your kd and pick a new hockey team.
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  36. @bigbad169 Just as I thought. You have nothing. Move along little man. What's it like to make shit up all the time?? Still waiting for study proof. Also the proof that he said he would have waited 4 months in Canada. Give me an O.
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  37. @mrfwest How many facts have your proven wrong from me?? A big fat ZERO. I said, "Just because Europe shares the Euro does not mean every country has the same prices" YOur reply "yes they do, I checked" You never said they have the same currency with more people and more buying power. You said they have a higher population so should have lower prices. Two entirely different things. I responded saying they act individually when buying & selling goods. They share a currency that's IT!
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  38. @bigbad169 Proof???? Ha ha ha ha. Please look up FACTS and STUDIES, as you don't seem to understand them. It has not been reported on where he is. Boy, lie after lie. If beating me means being a liar, then you win dipshit. When you actually want to have an intelligent conversation, I'd love to have one. Give me an R.
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  39. @yukoncornileus4 You are very unclear of the Canada Health Act. Doctors can & do except cash payments for services. There are a number of patients that either opt out of the provincial payer system, ie. the Amish, or have not yet qualified for the provincial payer system, ie. New Immigrants. What is not legal is doing what you think is somehow ok, slipping the doc $100 so you can go first, even though you might not be as bad as the guy that is ahead of you. Many can't afford a dentist either.
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  40. @ShowdownBlamBlam Don't feed the troll. Bigbad is clearly out of it. Ignore him. Small minded ones like him just get bored and move on.
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  41. Like I said Sparwood, he pulls pretty much every number and claim out of his fat, lying ass. Time to ignore the troll.
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  42. @FIXWCBCANADA you can post newspaper articles, just put spaces in. Of course, I'm sure your articles are ancedotal 'stories', which again mean nothing. So, unless you have supportive reports or studies, and not an isolated story, don't bother.
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  43. Fixwcbcanada and screwedbywcb are one in the same person. That person being a nutjob who was refused payment by workman's comp, not our system. He is a jaded, sad little man that makes ridiculous claims that are beyond believable. LDB37 speaks far more of what happens to the vast majority I'm sure. Not to mention, on other videos, he says he has seen 28 doctors. Which is it fix?
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  44. @leafs4life3danield Confused. You are 29 and need to go to school that has a comparable public system??????
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  45. @PonguigPeopinn Curioius what you feel the propaganda is here?
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  46. Facts??? A biased opinion piece from a Fox contributer??? Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha. Excuse me. Bwah ha ha ha ha. And if you re-read the article, he didn't claim 4 months wait times for that specific procedure, he claims: "the wait for a cardiac procedure is routinely three to four months" Of course, he provides ZERO proof, while I have quoted key cardiologists from across the country saying the same thing. There are no wait times. I choose to believe docs working here. Booya
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  47. Oh you poor misguided soul. But at least you FINALLY provide a source. Of course, just a wee bit biased one. From a recent article: Leading cardiologists say levels of expertise in Canada are high and the full range of cardiac procedures is performed here. And unlike years ago, wait times are short to NON_EXISTENT. But we should listen to a doctor who DOESN'T PRACTICE in Canada and has NO source for his claims. And ignore the facts from the American Cancer society. Tisk tisk.
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  48. A. Us Border Patrol is your source. Ha ha ha ha ha B. THe surgery IS AND WAS available in Canada in multiple centres. Putz C. 45,000 dead, dead, dead
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  49. No, it counts touching as sexual ASSAULT. Again, RE-read the bottom of 'rape victims' from Nationmaster YOU FUCKING IDIOT.
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  50. @yukoncornileus4 canadiandoctorsformedicareDOTca/international-health-systems.html
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