24 Replies to “Ahh, The Glories of Socialized Medicine”

  1. “…misdiagnosed with a fatal disease by two different doctors…”

    Yeah a few things to unpack here. Two docs. And then he gets a call 2 weeks later, that’s pretty efficient for government. Also, how the heck was he even able to see two docs in this country?

    1. Read through that this am, holy crap what a screwup. The mistrust of the medical profession has grown since the “covid” lies. Something like this really does scare people. The Dr. knew he was a diabetic and must have known that this type of symptom could occur.

  2. The take away…
    Don’t wear blue glasses.
    Don’t cultivate a woke family.
    And, above all, DO NOT seek the advice of 2 “doctors,”

      1. GYM,
        That’s why “I don’t need no doctor, cuz I know what’s ailing’ me”
        So says some blues man, yo

  3. “At the end of July, Bergstrom had an appointment with a third doctor — a neurologist
    “After receiving a full panel of tests and a more exhaustive examination, he was given another shock.”
    “He noted it can take upwards of 18 months from the onset of symptoms to come to a diagnosis.”

    so when do the first 2 doctors go through a disciplinary process for general incompetence? 18 months seems to be substantially greater than 10 minutes

  4. My mother in law put her name in for MAID near the end of her life. She backed out because of the coldness of it all. It was like ordering a pizza and they would say things like “We have an opening next Tuesday at 10:00 am or Wednesday at 2:00 pm….what works for you”.

  5. I used to say that the BIG difference between the First world and the Third World is that here in the First World … life is long and precious. But in the Third World … life is cheap and short.

    No more. Congrats Canada! You’ve caught “up” … to the Third World.

  6. This fascinates me. When are they going to set up a tip line? I’m not against making some recommendations.

  7. “If MAID was not a Liberal population cull, what exactly would they be doing differently?” Abortion on demand.

  8. Dare I say this but …. One of the big challenges of personal financial planning when you do not have a gold-plated inflation indexed perpetual pension (e.g. government employee) and do not want to run out of money before you die is to know how long you will live. Presto! MAID has solved the problem. It surprises me that the government and the financial industry have not begun promoting this as the perfect solution. After almost 300 years, Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal has been realized.

    1. AS one who retired on his own dime I find that dime buys less every year. This week I was pleasantly surprised when I reupped some investments at my bank, 5.25% interest minimum guaranteed. Now that investment is only 15% less than inflation. It is a sad commentary when one has to plan on a minimum 20% increase in the cost of living.

  9. I think that MAiD for mental disorders is a great idea. Look at all the Liberals we could get rid of.

  10. Canada, a leader in semantics.

    Rename unemployment insurance to employment insurance.

    Rename suicide help line to MAID.

  11. I’m being treated for a suspected torn rotator cuff, ultrasound in a couple of weeks (only a 3 week delay, at Christmas, not too bad 🙁 )

    I’m expecting the MAID call about a week after.

  12. Three years ago diagnosed self to have a hernia.
    Went to the doctor, without any examination, none and 0, sent me to the surgeon.
    Without any examination, none and 0, set time for the surgery, about 6 months. That was not really anything that was not normal, not a problem for self.
    Had the same surgery 10 years earlier, same spot, same surgeon, never felt healed.

    As a 13 years old in a socialist country run by communists, it took about 2 years to get the same surgery. Though must say that they fixed the thing.

    Seems that the politics in this country are just catching up with the communists.
    In a few years, there will be hardly any health care saver for lip services, ‘experts’ will take care of that.

    1. I developed a rather alarmingly noticeable hernia a couple of years ago. Went to the doctor, a very nice, bright and obviously competent young fellow. Told me, “You’ve got a hernia, all right”, and referred me for ultrasound.

      Problem was, he requested them to examine my hernia. Under the just introduced new Alberta rules, a doctor has to have achieved a level of seniority to be allowed to diagnose a hernia, and my doctor wasn’t quite there yet. I had go back get a new request for a general exam, opinion and advice. Only then were they allowed to take all the necessary pictures, so they could announce to me proudly, “You’ve got a hernia!” To which I replied with all the astonishment I could muster, “Well, I’m damned!”

      But in fairness, after that little display of lunacy the treatment I got was first-rate. I’m grateful to all the very good people who worked on me.

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