Re: CNN Poll: GOP would bear the brunt of shutdown blame
He's hypocritical because his country does something different than he is suggesting this country should do.
Do you know if he LIKES or AGREES with his countries health care system?
If you were on a Canadian message board and if they were talking about relaxing their gun laws and you argued against it, would you be demonstrating "such hypocrisy" simply because the country you're in has laxer gun laws?
He doesn't know anything about me - but that never stops a liberal from attacking a person, rather than attacking their ideas.
As for Canada's healthcare system, I've frequently said it's so imbedded in our culture now that there is no way it would be removed and I don't know any Canadian who'd want to see it removed. For basic coverage and for catastrophic care, it gives the citizens of this country a sense of comfort and ease that is lacking in the US.
But that's not to say our system is perfect - far from it. It's incredibly expensive - in Ontario, where I live, just under 50% of all provincial revenue from all sources is used to fund the delivery of healthcare. And even with that commitment, as the population ages, more and more services are delisted and become the financial responsibility of patients. There's no drug coverage, unless you're on welfare or partially for seniors. There's no dental care, not even for seniors, just those on welfare. There's a multitude of services people in the US would assume are covered but are not. It's why most people, particularly those married with families, either purchase or get through work supplementary health insurance to cover those things not covered, and it's not that cheap either. And that's on top of the taxes we pay to fund the system originally.
And speaking of taxes, if the US wants UHC the taxpayers better be prepared for it. And not just those now paying federal taxes. Here in Canada, our income level that is exempt from federal taxes is under $12,000 - what is it in the US? How many multiples of that?
I'm used to liberals in the US tossing out the hypocrisy claims and telling me to shut up because I get free health care. But it's not free at all. And Obamacare doesn't go anywhere near UHC - it is legislated robbery. I don't blame the majority in the US who knew there were problems with healthcare costs before Obamacare but know damn well that Obamacare does virtually zero to correct the problems and creates a whole host of other problems, including the gelding of your great economy, leaving a bunch of businesses afraid to invest and move ahead until they know the full damage this monstrosity is going to cause them.
If fools want to call me a hypocrite, go for it - I've been called worse by people I actually respect and who actually have something important to say.