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AncientGeezer

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28. Gotcha....

Reply to zooks (Reply #18)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 09:10 PM

Jul 2019

You have beliefs....deer ticks weaponized...hmmm

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This is an old article from The Guardian, but it says the NHS is doing some pretty extreme rationing [View all] still_one Jul 2019 OP

The Tories want to privatize healthcare so they are starving it of funds. zooks Jul 2019 #1

It sounds like it is a major crisis, and a lot of folks are being denied care they need still_one Jul 2019 #2

Why do millions of Americans vote for a corrupt sleazy billionaire who doesn't zooks Jul 2019 #8

Touche sir, touche. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #13

The Democratic nominee won the popular vote HERE still_one Jul 2019 #16

The salient point is that tens of millions of Americans voted for that POS. zooks Jul 2019 #19

aided by foriegn interference, Comey's violation of the Hatch Act, along with those wonderful still_one Jul 2019 #23

Except we don't elect leaders through the popular vote. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #22

That may be the point, but it ignore the very relevent fact that there was foreign still_one Jul 2019 #24

WE DIDN'T. The Democratic nominee won the popular vote as if you didn't know that still_one Jul 2019 #15

61,943,670 people voted for Trump. Where did I say anything about the popular vote? zooks Jul 2019 #26

What?? Rightwing...neo-liberal....which is it? AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #3

neo-liberalism is a center right ideology. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #5

LOL Those who embrace neo-liberal economics are on the Right. zooks Jul 2019 #6

2 questions... AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #12

I'm Canadian and support our health care system 100% zooks Jul 2019 #18

Gotcha.... AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #28

You're pulling stuff out of thin air. I've stated NO beliefs about weaponizing ticks. zooks Jul 2019 #35

No..actualy you did.. AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #36

Neoliberalism is right-wing economics. PETRUS Jul 2019 #9

I'm sure there is "rationing" going on. But, people here have tougher rationing without insurance. Hoyt Jul 2019 #4

Canada doesn't cover drugs but they negotiate prices with the manufacturers so they pnwmom Jul 2019 #10

Cataract surgery is fully covered by Medicare, for monofocal IOL still_one Jul 2019 #17

You have to meet certain vision issues to get cataract surgery under Medicare rules. Hoyt Jul 2019 #27

Absolutely correct, however, that is not a outrageous criteria, and it is easily supported still_one Jul 2019 #29

This is real. They could do better. I don't think the NHS is the best example pnwmom Jul 2019 #7

Yes it is real, but it has a reason and the reason isn't the NHS. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #20

There are countries with universal healthcare that I think have better systems than the NHS. pnwmom Jul 2019 #21

No argument about other possibilities. Caliman73 Jul 2019 #25

We are on the same page there pnwmom. I would not trade the way we have Medicare for the NHS. still_one Jul 2019 #30

Didn't read matt819 Jul 2019 #11

Imagine how much worse it could get without mutiple options? AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #14

What multiple options? Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #31

The ACA is there....Medicare is there...Medicaid is there..employer provided is there AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #32

Nope Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #34