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In reply to the discussion: I am just too tired for this stuff [View all]riverbendviewgal
(4,308 posts)It is a blessing to go to the doctor's, walk in and walk out without signing papers, or getting a bill. Same for the hospital, lab tests etc.
This is what one payer is like..
I too live in a rural Area, where there are a lot of seniors...Some have a half hour drive to the local hospital or more.. But they don't have to worry abut bills. We even have nurses who go around each day to help those sick at home with diseases that keep them bedridden or who are undergoing chemo and have to be monitored.
We have preventative care. We are taken care of when there is a serious ailment. No waiting.
No Insurance death panels here.
I love paying my taxes to pay for this. They really are not that much. I believe all my taxes for both provincial and Federal which cover Military, education, infrastructure and health...etc. are about 22 percent...that was last years percentage. There are property taxes and that is individual for wherever one lives if one owns property..
All of us up here , your northern neighbors are flabbergasted at the republicans wanting to drive the country to bankruptcy to keep people from getting health care...and especially when those same republicans profess to be "Christian". Unbelievable!