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Originally Posted by Mancie

I don't like the look of that.. no one may be refused health care in the USA system but those who cannot afford insurance are given a down graded service... you say there are "low cost" free clinics relying on volunteer doctors...that is not a health care "system" we had that so called "system" here 70yrs ago.. we chose to put in place a real system were no matter rich or poor everyone received the best treatment possible.
You don't think people should rely on the state to provide decent heallh for it's citizens?...that sums up what the rest of the world already know about the American bill of rights..Bull kak of rights.

Apparently, you don't read your own newspapers which, over the years, have chronicled a litany of abuses in the NHS. And government-run healthcare does not provide access to equal care. The British press has described the NHS as a "postcode lottery," as the type of medical care a person receives depends on the neighborhood in which he or she lives. The Fraser Institute's "Waiting Your Turn," concludes that famous and politically connected Canadians are moved to the front of the queue and lower income Canadians have less access to care than their higher income neighbors. Our fellow poster, Eric, hasn't mentioned that, nor the fact that Canadians come to the U.S. in droves every year in order to get the healthcare they need in a timely manner - or, indeed, to get it at all.

Go ahead and scoff at our community clinics and other services.....but aren't such services a product of real community and compassion? I believe so.