Im so Proud!

[God]

So a few days ago I sent a letter to all the Leaders of our Political Parties in Canada. I've only gotten one back, and thats from Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party. Like wow.

Do you agree with whats she is saying in this message, because I do.

Thank you for your email concerning the renewal of the 2004 Health Accord.

Poll after poll clearly shows that Canadians place health-care at the top of their list of priorities and concerns. In response, the Harper Conservatives consistently tells us that they will ‘fix’ the health-care system. However, the announced $36 billion cut flies in the face of this claim and will significantly undermine our universal health-care system. In the face of stubbornly long wait times for diagnosis and surgery, over-crowded emergency rooms and severe shortages of family doctors, this administration is performing a grave disservice to all Canadians.

The Green Party fully supports the Canada Health Act (CHA) and all of its principles. We oppose any level of privatized, for-profit health care. The five criteria of the CHA guiding the provincial public health insurance plans, which we believe to be non-negotiable, are:

1. Public Administration – The public health insurance plan must be managed in a public, not-for-profit fashion.
2. Comprehensiveness – All residents must be covered for “medically necessary” health services.
3. Universality – All residents must be covered by the public insurance plan on uniform terms and conditions.
4. Portability – All residents must be covered by their public plan, wherever they are treated in Canada.
5. Accessibility – All residents must have access to insured health care services on uniform terms and conditions without direct or indirect financial charges, or discrimination based on age, health status or financial circumstances.

We believe that we can solve our health care problems. Spending money wisely is an important factor in creating an efficient healthcare system. Careful considerations must be taken with regards to spending, whether it is increasing trained professionals, funding for support staff or improving mandatory reporting of drug side effects. As we move into the future, I am dedicated to developing a health-care system that puts patient care at the centre of all provision considerations and all funding.

To learn more about our health-care position, I invite you to review my recent newsletter on the subject:

http://elizabethmaymp.ca/health

Thank you for taking the time to write and for expressing your concerns pertaining to our cherished health-care system.

Sincerely,



Elizabeth May, O.C., M.P.
Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands
Leader of the Green Party of Canada

[!x!dude!x!2]

Well congrats on getting a email back.

But I can't really agree unless I know what you said to her.

[God]

I wrote an email about the Harper Gov't cutting 36 Billion $ from Health Care and also the reasons we need it and why we dont wana go towards privatization like America.

[scottish]

No you didn't because that was quite clearly posted at the start of the month http://nbharbinger.wordpress.com/201...alth-care-act/

[God]

No you didn't because that was quite clearly posted at the start of the month http://nbharbinger.wordpress.com/201...alth-care-act/

wow what a ****... I still agree with her.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I wrote an email about the Harper Gov't cutting 36 Billion $ from Health Care and also the reasons we need it and why we dont wana go towards privatization like America.

All countries are moving towards privatised healthcare at different speeds. Why? Because it's better. The medical or healthcare service nowadays is so vast and so expensive that it's becoming impossible for governments to a) afford it & b) manage it.

The Green Party leader who wrote to you back is talking complete nonsense. Healthcare is not free and will never be free, nor will it ever be done for no profit. Would you spend years in training as a Doctor to make an average wage? No, you wouldn't. Are the drug companies going to invest HUGE sums of money into new drugs and treatments without a return on their investment? No. Investment and profit are what drive improvements in care, it's when you don't have them along with competition that you get worse care.

Here's the logic of the watermelons (green on the outside, but red inside) destroyed by Savage -

What is it about westerners nowadays who think the state can provide EVERYTHING and for free? It was tried and tested in Soviet Russia. It failed.

[Zak]

No you didn't because that was quite clearly posted at the start of the month http://nbharbinger.wordpress.com/201...alth-care-act/

haha that's epic

[Kardan]

What did your email say @Dragga;?

[dbgtz]

All countries are moving towards privatised healthcare at different speeds. Why? Because it's better. The medical or healthcare service nowadays is so vast and so expensive that it's becoming impossible for governments to a) afford it & b) manage it.

The Green Party leader who wrote to you back is talking complete nonsense. Healthcare is not free and will never be free, nor will it ever be done for no profit. Would you spend years in training as a Doctor to make an average wage? No, you wouldn't. Are the drug companies going to invest HUGE sums of money into new drugs and treatments without a return on their investment? No. Investment and profit are what drive improvements in care, it's when you don't have them along with competition that you get worse care.

Here's the logic of the watermelons (green on the outside, but red inside) destroyed by Savage -

What is it about westerners nowadays who think the state can provide EVERYTHING and for free? It was tried and tested in Soviet Russia. It failed.

I would hardly call healthcare everything. All privatisation has done in the UK is make it shoddier and I fear the day ending up in a situation similar to the USA where health problems and exploited as much as can be, where people worry about the bill if they go get checked up by a doctor and find out it's something bad which will cost an arm and a leg (almost literally sometimes given the poor quality of care they can receive) with the stress possibly making them more ill than before.

Plus when people pay the same or even more in tax yet see public services get worse for the most part, it kind of pisses them off.

[Rachel]

We are lucky for quebec not sure for the rest of Canada but we still have our medical insurance card who covers the hospital cost and when we pay for the medicine we can get reimbursed from the income tax at the moment. But that is once a year for income tax.