Arny said:
Hardly the same priority. On the one hand we have people pinching pennies,
and on the other we have people who fear they will die without proper
treatment.
Piching pennies? Many people need drugs in order to live, I have
diabetese, without insulin, some pills, and blood sugar testing
supplies, my life would be shortened considerably. Here in Australia, it
costs me about $10 per month, when I lived in the US, it cost about the
same but only because my employer picked up the tab for pharmacutical
insurance. Those who cannot afford the insurance would be paying several
hundred dollars a month for those supplies. The Canadian government was
prepared to stand up to big pharma to get a better deal for it's
citizens, the US government obviously lacks the balls to do so.
Since your opinons are 100% based on prejudice and rumor, you *need* to know
nothing.
Arnie, I lived in your country for 5.5 years, I have visited it once or
twice a year since I left (I will be back for 3 weeks again in October).
I could have stayed as long as I wished, but I handed back my green card
because, after due consideration, Australia offers a better quality of
life. I base my opinions on direct personal experience not rumour, the
US has much to recommend it, but it is not the perfect paradise that you
and many of your countrymen make out. There are much better places to
live, Australia is one of them.