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Old 12-16-2024 | 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield
There’s a lot of bloat in the giant bureaucracy that allows money to go to waste.See NextGen.
There's a lot of bloat in privatization that allows money to into shareholder's pockets. See the American healthcare system.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ReluctantEskimo
There's a lot of bloat in privatization that allows money to into shareholder's pockets. See the American healthcare system.
i’m just here waiting for sonic to claim that the american healthcare system would work great if not for the government boot on the neck of united healthcare preventing them from helping people.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by OOfff
i’m just here waiting for sonic to claim that the american healthcare system would work great if not for the government boot on the neck of united healthcare preventing them from helping people.
We should model the Canadians system where euthanasia is now higher on a per capita basis than gun deaths in the US.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by DogPit
We should model the Canadians system where euthanasia is now higher on a per capita basis than gun deaths in the US.
yeah, we probably should allow people to die on their own terms with medical assistance if they want to.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by DogPit
We should model the Canadians system where euthanasia is now higher on a per capita basis than gun deaths in the US.
Average age over 77 with foreseeable death in the future is a slightly different target audience (pun intended) than the about 20k pepole a year that didn't volunteer in the USA.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by symbian simian
Average age over 77 with foreseeable death in the future is a slightly different target audience (pun intended) than the about 20k pepole a year that didn't volunteer in the USA.
What about them expanding it to mental health patients? Are they really volunteering?
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Old 12-16-2024 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DogPit
What about them expanding it to mental health patients? Are they really volunteering?
serious question: how much time have you spend reading candian law on the subject so you understand what guardrails are being proposed? i’m betting zero, but you still have a fully formed opinion on it.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by OOfff
yeah, we probably should allow people to die on their own terms with medical assistance if they want to.
I would assume he’s referring to the death panels.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by OOfff
serious question: how much time have you spend reading candian law on the subject so you understand what guardrails are being proposed? i’m betting zero, but you still have a fully formed opinion on it.
so the thing that’s happening isn’t happening? Typical response.
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Old 12-16-2024 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Whoopsmybad
I would assume he’s referring to the death panels.
We have death panels here.

It's called "claim denied."
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