Talking Heads in the States
From: National Farmers Union-Ontario Commentary
Date: Friday, July 13, 2007 9:47 PM
To: mmflint@aol.com
Subject: Canadian additional health care insurance
Hi Michael
As some one who is a passionate defender of public health care in Canada I greatly admire what you are doing, if for no other reason than it may scare the bejeezus out of all the pro-privatization talking heads here that are funded by American for-profit businesses. They want our money for profits and Canadians are having to fight to ensure our money, all of it, goes to health care.
I have heard many of the talking heads in the States repeat the line that all kinds of Canadians are forced to buy extra health coverage. It’s true many of our employers do have such benefit plans and others join group insurance plans. But here is what it covers, eyes glasses, prescriptions, a private room in hospital, some alternative services like chiropractic care, or message therapy, dental care. They do not cover basic medical services, and the cost is very low. One political party in Ontario, Canada’s largest province is even proposing to bring basic dental care into the public system and on the national level there has been discussion of universal drug coverage. Without being too blunt- implying that Canadians are buying insurance the same way Americans do, which is really the dodge these guys are trying to pull off, on top of our progressive tax system is utter BS.
Keep up the good work. As you know we Canadians love you Americans- it is your government we can’t stand. So we all wish you the best in the campaign for sanity in looking after each other in times of need.
Grant
Paisley, On
