XPost: talk.politics.misc, or.politics, seattle.politics 
 XPost: ca.politics 
 From: gibson@bluestem.prairienet.org 
  
 In or.politics Hal Lillywhite  wrote: 
 >"Baxter"  wrote in message news:< 
 0nj2ugni8dtb9d@corp.supernews.com>... 
  
 >> It's interesting that the vaunted Capitalistic Medical System (US) 
 produced 
 >> a shortage of vaccine (and contaminated vaccine to boot), while the 
 >> Socialist Medical System (Canada) produced a surplus of vaccine.  Think 
 the 
 >> right-wingers would learn a lesson from that?  Nah.  They're too stupid to 
 >> learn. 
  
 >'cept unless I'm mistaken the Canadian vaccine producers are not 
 >government owned and are allowed to make a profit.  And they face much 
 >less risk of frivolous law suits.  Their government buys from those 
 >private companies at taxpayer expense, they are not a pure communist 
 >system. 
  
 Yeah, the FDA, assorted other government relgulatory agencies, and 
 greedy trial lawyers do a lot to prevent medical care in the USA from 
 beings as good as it could be.  It is artificially expensive and 
 providers of medical care have to cover their asses seven ways from 
 Sunday. 
  
 Canada's health care system is very socialized, which is why folks from 
 Canada who have money and an urgent need for major health care often come 
 to the U.S.  The waiting list in Canada for many procedures that cure 
 things that are not considered absolutely immediately life threatening 
 can run to months or years. 
  
  
  
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   "No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded." 
    -- Yogi Berra 
  
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