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ConcernedCanuk

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19. " typical Canadian hubris about the state of healthcare in Canada."

Reply to Bunnahabhain (Reply #18)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 11:14 AM

Sep 2013

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I have no idea how old you are, nor how many times you may have benefited from our system.

I have benefited from it a few times, not a whole lot, but when I was poor it saved my life.

No, the money did not come from the "tooth fairy" - it came from contributions made by millions over their careers,

and as you should well know, it's only a small percentage of the contributors ever "use up" their contributions.

Now, it's one thing to criticize our system, which in some ways may deserve it (nothing is perfect),

but there are less than half a dozen (if that) systems that work better than ours.

"Canadian hubris" ??? - that's a little bit extreme methinks.

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