Feminist Barbie

15 Replies to “Feminist Barbie”

1. Don’t they realize that they are supposed to answer that they are in favour of “world peace” for any and every question.

2. If health care is a right, why am I denied the right to look after my own health care, in Canada?
   I think Ms DC was thinking of Canada where health care is somewhat of a privilege, privilege to see a specialist, privilege to get a hip replacement – etc..
   Always wondered, what kind of government will not let citizens look after their own health, with their own money, in their own country, if they so choose?

3. Of COURSE she’s not a feminist ! She’s done the math, and knows what feminism does to females. Not pretty.
   BTW … she looks almost identical to my son’s fiancé … almost as cute. And my son’s fiancé is a microbiologist with a PhD from one of the top 5 Univ. in America (can’t say which one … TMI).

4. Bill Gairdner: wants become needs, needs become rights, rights become claims against the state.
   There are two basic rights, to not be harmed or have possessions taken from others without individual consent.
   IOW someone wants rights at the expense of others’ rights. IOW total statist nonsense.
   Ipso facto, access to health care cannot be a “right,” because it imposes an obligation on others to pay for it, in the case of universal health care.
   Taking away someone’s rights to give somebody else what they think is a right is ridiculous and is at the heart of the entitlement state failure.
   So, health care, a job, a cell phone, internet access are many things, but not rights.

5. Healthcare is an obligation. That would make for an interesting debate.

6. I wish that I could ask the idiots who believe that health care is a right just a few questions.
   If health care is a right, and there aren’t enough doctors or medicines to treat you, does that mean your rights have been violated?
   Should the government enslave a portion of the population and force them into medicine to provide your imagined right? If not, how can it be considered a guaranteed right? If so, why do you support slavery?

7. So how much health care is a right, at what point is it not? If citizen A pays into a plan all his life, pays taxes all his life and needs a hip transplant so he can work OK, but if Citizen B has never paid, never worked, lays around all day, and needs a hip surgery so he can get to the fridge better, why bother?
   Should all drugs be covered? So many have a headache, go to the doc for free, get a prescription for some drugs, take 3 pills and the bottle sits till it expires. Why should I pay for that?
   Whats wrong with a 2 tier system, basic coverage for non-payers and better coverage for those who pay the costs, after all, after asll if they aren’t working, nobody gets health care.

8. Re; “Whats wrong with a 2 tier system, basic coverage for non-payers and better coverage for those who pay the costs”. I’d say whats wrong with a thousand tiered system. Buy as much or as little as you want. At my previous employment we could purchase extra insurance that covered dental, prescription drugs, eye care, etc.
   I payed for the top of the line to take advantage of that. My choice, my money.

9. I wondered how she fared in the Trump-grab competition?

10. *
    apparently ken IS channeling barbie…
    “One of Britain’s top private schools is now
    bringing in ‘gender-neutral uniforms‘ that
    would allow boys to wear skirts.”
    rum, s@d@my and the l@sh, laddies!
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11. America did NOT need Obamakkare … to provide EACH and EVERY citizen FREE MEDICAL CARE. All you need to be is … POOR and unable to PAY for your care – and you get it FREE. Same as it always was. Same as it always was. But if you HAVE ASSETS … then why shouldn’t the good Doctors and Nurses who SAVES your LIFE …get PAID ? What ? What’s that ? You couldn’t be bothered to buy a Health Insurance Policy … to protect your assets ? Then you’re an IDIOT. You’re too CHEAP to CARE about your own damn health and assets. There are things called MAJOR MEDICAL, CATASTROPHIC medical insurance policies. They’re relatively CHEAP … you know … AFFORDABLE.
    For crying out loud … We MADE IT LAW that every automobile driver MUST carry insurance to drive … so why not INSURE your own HEALTH ? And protect YOUR own assets ?
    And like I said … if you have NO ASSETS ? No problem. A myriad of Federal, State, and Local Funding will provide FREE Medical Care for you. You don’t get to choose your Doctor or Hospital … but now neither do I … now that the Obamakkare Cadillac Tax got my wife and I tossed off our medical plan and Doctors. So now, under Obamakkare … we’re ALL miserable. Just what Socialism always does … levels the playing field to the least common denominator. Idiots.

12. I believe her body had a lot more to do with her winning than her degree in chemistry, although I’m sure she could spark a mean chemical reaction.
    Wow!!

13. “If health care is a right, why am I denied the right to look after my own health care, in Canada? …”
    Because although your health care is a right, it isn’t your right. It is the right of certain properly credentialed persons to care for your health, as defined by them, and to be paid for doing so. That health care system wasn’t created for your benefit, but for theirs.

14. You have the right to look after your own health. But a service provided by another person — whether it be health, housing, education or anything else — is never a right. A private individual has the right to refuse to deal with you.
    That this is not universally understood and accepted is, quite frankly, a sign of cultural and moral depravity.

15. This is what Wikipedia says about the right to health care in Canada. Keeping in mind that Medicare is an American term.
    Medicare (French: assurance-maladie), in Canada, is the national health care system. Canada’s publicly funded single-payer system consists of 13 provincial and territorial socialized health insurance plans that provides universal health care coverage to all Canadian citizens. It is administered on a provincial or territorial basis, within the guidelines set by the federal government. [1] The formal terminology for the insurance system is provided by the Canada Health Act and the health insurance legislation of the individual provinces and territories.
    The name is a contraction of medical and care, and was used in the United States for health care programs since at least 1953.[2]
    Under the terms of the Canada Health Act, all “insured persons” (basically, legal residents of Canada, including permanent residents) are entitled to receive “insured services” without copayment. Such services are defined as medically necessary services if provided in hospital, or by ‘practitioners’ (usually physicians).[3] Approximately 70% of expenditures for health care in Canada come from public sources, with the rest paid privately (both through private insurance, and through out-of-pocket payments). The extent of public financing varies considerably across services. For example, approximately 99% of physician services, and 90% of hospital care, are paid by publicly funded sources, whereas almost all dental care is paid for privately.[4] Most physicians are self-employed private entities which enjoy coverage under each province’s respective healthcare plans.
    Services of non-physicians working within hospitals are covered; but provinces can, but are not forced to, cover services by non-physicians if provided outside hospitals. Changing the site of treatment may thus change coverage. For example, pharmaceuticals, nursing care, and physical therapy must be covered for inpatients, but there is considerable variation from province to province in the extent to which they are covered for patients discharged to the community (e.g., after day surgery). The need to modernize coverage was pointed out in 2002 by both the Romanow Commission and by the Kirby committee of the Canadian Senate (see External links below). Similarly, the extent to which non-physician providers of primary care are funded varies; Quebec offers primary health care teams through its CLSC system.