Canadians, May we buy into your health care?

[Cleita]

Although I haven't read all of the text of the plans from our House and Senate, except that part that has to do with public insurance options and getting the uninsured covered, what I am understanding is that we will be getting mandated, means tested insurance exchange options and four tiered plans to buy into that are divided into basic care, enhanced plan, premium plan and a premium plus plan. Somewhere in the mix is Medicaid and Medicare but I'm not sure who gets those because they have to qualify for the so called health insurance exchange. Please will you sell us policies in your national health insurance? Your way is so much simpler, comprehensive, cost effective and affordable. It may be the way too that we finally get rid of our insurers. They won't see this one coming.

[Oregone]

1. No...you cannot buy into something tax funded (by Canadians).

:)

Hence, the reason premiums are like $100 bucks a family with no deductibles and co-pays.

Plus, how much would it help in a multi-payer system? It loses a lot of its benefits right out the door.

[Cleita]

2. Too bad. It would have been so nice and not that I want to outsource

American jobs usually, in this case I would, until Congress fixes this problem with a real solution.

[Oregone]

4. It would be worthy outsourcing, being their administrative overhead is 1.3%

Compared the US private companies at 10% to 20%

But whatever. Clearly the US wants something "uniquely American".

You can fuck around with that for another 12 years or so if you want.

[ThirdWorldJohn]

3. So why is there a four tier pla? Seems the money will all go to the same companies. This country

just needs to find reasons to segregate people into a false class system. Of course the Federal Employee Insurance plan will remain as it is - for sure.

[Cleita]

5. I think the Congress Reps don't want to give up their Cadillac plans and

have to use the same waiting rooms with the rest of us riff raff. This whole excuse about people wanting to keep their insurance and have a choice is pure BS. The only people who have a choice of plans are federal employees and that means them. The rest of us have to take what our employers and unions give us. If they thought the public option was more cost effective for their bottom lines, that's what we would be getting. There would be no choice.

[rurallib]

6. I was thinking the same thing. Since we can't how about

Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin join the confederation? Most people won't miss 3 cold weather states and the majors already have Canadian teams? What aboot it, eh?

[Cleita]

9. Only for the three prairie states on the border?

I think they should offer it up to us. Real health care.

[UTUSN]

7. I've always thought Canadians are SMARTER than us:

* TREBEK

* SHATNER

* LINKLETTER

* Michael J. FOX

* and on and ON!1

[Cleita]

8. They actually think critically. That might be also a kudo to their education.

I always seemed to be able to carry out a sensible conversation with Canadians even though we might be at odds with each other. I used to work as a campground host close to the border up in northeastern Washington. I had to enforce rules but at least I could have a reasonable conversation with the Canadians. The Americans just used to call me a bitch even though I was enforcing rules handed down to me by the Forest Service. It was my job. The Canadians understood. The Yahoo Americans didn't.