The open political discussion thread. Read the first post!

[TLyttle]

Thanks Bob Dog, that keeps me from explaining why most medical setups seem to be superior to the US mess. I must assume that JBougie is young, and still thinks she is invincible; time will show the folly of her attitude. I pay under $100/mo for health care coverage, and I cannot be cancelled, period. My kids pay about the same, and having a child is not a financial burden because of the medical system. We all know that my stroke would have bankrupted me in the US, but not here. I guess she thinks I should just sign over my property to the closest doctor and croak.!

The "busloads" of Canadians heading for Mayo are a few people with mysterious diseases whose survival depends on the research facility at that clinic. And for every Canadian heading south, there are 20 more Americans heading north to get pharmaceuticals at a reasonable, affordable, price (the bus companies run tours!), but now the US Customs has cracked down on those depriving the drug companies from their exorbitant profits. If she has a bombproof insurance system that will not cancel because of a (all-of-a-sudden) "pre-existing condition", good on her; I suggest she keep dreaming in Republican Technicolor for as long as she remains healthy. I spoke to too many Vets down there whose health care was truly second-class, even compared to the Canadian standards. Is that any way to treat those guys?

I do hope her posture isn't too much affected by keeping her head in the sand...