Uneducated electorate

[c9]

You know what's unfortunate? The 31,990,000 Canadians (roughly) who won't bother to read the NDP's 2006 platform.

(it's also unfortunate that about 31,980,000 Canadians will also ignore the other parties' platforms.)

Comments

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

On (1), I've worked with (many, many) physicians in both the private and public US systems in treating my neuropathic pain issue and find that the quality between the doctors in each system isn't really any different. If anything, there are doctors I'm not so fond of, and doctors I'm more fond of in each system. Really, the most significant difference has been the lux factor of the waiting rooms.

One of the things slowing my move back to Canada is the lack of a private health care option. If I were to move back tomorrow I'd likely go up to Vancouver so I could continue to come down to Seattle for treatment - in effect, creating my own private health care option, without keeping any of my health care dollars in Canada to pay for better equipment, etc... for use by everyone.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Apples to oranges. You are not viewing the real public system, you are viewing one tiny aspect of it. I'm worried about the large-scale long-term change, not what the upper-middle-class see in ER only. Think hip replacement for someone on food stamps.

It's a huge, tricky issue. I'm not claiming to know better than anybody of course. Surely if it were simple enough for me to fully grasp, we could have solved the issue and millions upon millions of Americans wouldn't be healthcare-free.

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

I feel badly about starting a conversation only to call a time out, but think I'll have to recuse myself from this for now because I could spend all day arguing medical ethics – but should really spend at least one day this week developing software. :-).

I do want to have this conversation though, I need to work on my bioethics arguing skills in preparation for a time that I find myself being either strongly pro or strongly anti-transhumanist in the near future. (We had a chat about this on NYE, but I think you were drunk at the time so you may not remember. :-).)

[c9.livejournal.com]

I remember only enough to confirm there was a conversation, not enough to actually remember the content. :)