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Originally posted by: Shimraa
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Well, an MRI, at least in the US, is not really considered a specialty test. It's fairly common. I had one this past December, and had multiples back in 1990-91. It's scary that it takes that long in Canada. Part of the problem with socialized medicine is that people take advantage of it too much. There's a town in Florida (unfortunately I can't remember which one) that has "free" healthcare. Many of the senior citizens actually make day trips just to see the doctor, which results in people who really need to see the doc having to wait. Not good. Some of the politicians here claim that because 40 million people (out of almost 300 million) are "underinsured" in the US that we need universal healthcare, which would be disasterous. They need to protect the docs from malpractice, do something about the burden that illegal aliens are putting on the system, and lower their operational costs. That's what needs to be done, while taking care of the people who don't have insurance. Nobody in the US or Canada or anywhere else should be denied healthcare or medicines.

you absoluty correct, see canada can afford to have healthcare cause there is only 30million of us, see but that the thing, even our system is not perfect, there are way too many people exploiting it thats the thing. people that use it to get hip replacements an such. i love how healthcare is free in canada but it seriously needs and overhale to fix some of the problems. but still its better that everyone have it, no just those that have jobs and such.

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No, I don't blame the people in the other countries for their plight. However, I don't think another country's economy should suffer because of it either. We can't help the third world by creating more third world countries. God...I am depressed. The world is so messed up, you know?

i agree with you 100%. see thats the thing though, one of the reason america is so hated in the world is that american companies and in many case the american government have done things to better america and in the process distroyed the economies in other countries. The world is messed up, but see the thing is that with free trade and globalization and uniting the world economies these 3rd worlds countries can get a leg up and become MEDC rather then LEDCs. you know india is the best example of this. through all of the programs introduced by the UN indian has gone from a country that was literally died, to the point where it pretty much is a 1st world contry, did you know that the population there is over a billion yet the literacy rate is over 50% overall, and if you go to some provinces its 90-100%. that means that there are more people in india that can read and write then there is in america, canada, and britain combined. give or take a few million. thats shocking eh. and all they needed was a leg up. so programs like free trade and and the idea of globalization are the things that are going to fix the country. yes some places are going to loss some of the privages but overall its for the greater good. if one person in amerca gets a little hungry due to 20 or 30 people getting jobs in a 3rd world country then so be it. same goes for a canadian and and all other people in the western world.

Well, I was onboard with you until that last comment. I've heard things like this before. I had someone I worked with who always espoused leftist dogma like this...he actually said one time that due to the population "problems" on the planet that we needed a "massive die-off". In response I said to him I'm sure he'd be the first to volunteer when the suicide booths opened up. So, that's how I'll leave this...will you give up your lively-hood and "get a little hungry" for the 20-30 people" to get a job? I think it's very noble of you to make that decision for everyone else, but I'll pass thank you. I'll squeek out my lower-middle class living knowing that it doesn't make me an evil person to want to keep my job and feed my family the best that I can give them.