Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (206)	1/16/2005 4:26:42 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Our medical schools were the best in the world when I was a guidance counselor at a high school. Canada had a good one the name of which I forget now but some of my students went there. McGill..that's it. It was extremely difficult to get INTO medical school as standards were so high. Many foreign students came here to study. Now, what has happened .. the paper work for Doctors has become so extreme...that many of the good Doctors have left the practice. My cousin in Atlanta who was a Yale graduate and a very good Doctor left the field early because of the red tape,law suits, high cost of liability insurance and deteriorating situations in hospitals... Too bad. I went to a GROUP office the other day. All three gastroentrolgists were from foreign countries. This is not to imply that they are not good. My Malaysian Doctor was difficult to understand, that's all. I have faith. My Father had a Dr. from India. He was excellent.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (206)	1/16/2005 4:54:28 PM
From: fresc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Immigration to Canada - General Information Canada is a new country built by immigrants. Canada still accepts the most new immigrants per capita in the world. Canadian passport allows the bearer visa free travel to most countries. It also allows taking advantage of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) for living and working in the USA. Canada also offers unmatched quality of life. The United Nations recently ranked Canada as the number one country in the world in which to live and work. Canadian government estimates that more than one million immigrants will enter Canada within the next five years. There are several paths leading to permanent residence in Canada. The immigrants are assessed according to the following categories

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (206)	1/16/2005 10:01:05 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Really great post. I would point out that the United States also effectively subsidizes other countries because we are paying for drug R&D where other countries (like Canada) are able to get the same drugs paying only for the variable costs of production plus a small increment. If we (US) weren't spending the money to advanced R&D their costs would be substantially higher. NOwhere is this more apparent than with chemo drugs, which can run thousands of dollars per dose and for which major clinical trials programs are conducted in the US at cost to the drug companies.