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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (4858)	5/1/2005 12:57:23 AM
From: SofaSpud	Respond to of 37635

I'm sorry for your loss. And I am more sorry that the story you've shared with us is not an isolated, one-off case. There are lots of good outcomes, too. My mother had a terrible number of years of awfully ill health before she died, and by and large the care she got was good. Anyone on this thread who thinks that, as a Conservative shill, I want American-style health care doesn't have a clue. If I had been financially responsible for the cost of my mother's health care, (1) I'd never have had a chance to get anywhere near a university, and (2), she'd have died at least 15 years before she ultimately did. For me to say that we can do better DOES NOT say that Canada should toss a publically funded health care system. I believe that Canadians can have appropriate, timely and quality health care regardless of their means. And I know that Harper believes that too. What I do not believe is that the status quo delivers that, nor do I believe that improving our health care delivery means that the poor get shafted. The amount of money taxpayers spend, at least in some provinces, is more than abundant. But the very nature of the system assures that outcomes that Peter described are inevitable. Slavish devotion to the status quo, as demanded by Dosanjh et. at., mean continued bad outcomes, and hideous waste of taxpayer dollars.