Gar Lipow wrote: Health care was introduced into Canada by a provincial politician at the provincial level. It was so successful that, within short order, people everywhere were clamoring for it to be implemented in their provinces. Initially, UHC was met with the exact same tired old arguments I see being presented here.
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/doctors/delivery.html
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> Alex you were wrong in thinking it would have been a disaster if
> implemented. First Canadian single payer was implemented one state at
> time - so it is not automatically a disaster.Given the huge savings
> in administrative costs and prescription costs the small number of
> additional people it would have attracted would have been a net
> savings in health care costs. Rememver this would have been replacing
> money currently spent on private insurance.
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> As to lack of specifics - there is a limit to how specific you can
> be - too rigid a specification and you just tie hands of
> administrators. It put a ceiling on costs, a floor on benefits, and
> required global budgeting. Much more specific than that and you are
> micro-managing in the legislation.
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