[Rob Hood]

http://www.autoextremist.com/current/2008/7/8/rants-453.html

Was listening to some newsradio today - many analysts are painting a bleak picture. Heard that Hummer and Saab were going to be let go, maybe more. I've already seen where Chevy is not sponsoring several NASCAR races next year.

Rick Wagoner is supposed to deliver an announcement tomorrow morning at 0830 EST. Should be worth listening to.

This post has been edited by Rob Hood: Jul 15 2008, 05:59 AM

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Eugenio, what can you tell us about Canadian health care? So far every Canadian I have spoken to has no complaints and no big Dr. bills. I am sick, sick of our health care system! I am self-employed and it looks like I'll have to get a second job just to pay for health insurance. That's not right.

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Eugenio, what can you tell us about Canadian health care? So far every Canadian I have spoken to has no complaints and no big Dr. bills. I am sick, sick of our health care system! I am self-employed and it looks like I'll have to get a second job just to pay for health insurance. That's not right.

Not Eugenio but anyway .... our system kind of works, except we all get the same mostly lousy service unless it's serious ...

Example ... I had torn cartilage in my knee. The initial schedule was 3 months to get the MRI and then another 3 for surgery. Luckily, I told the doctor I'd pay myself to get the MRI in the U.S. if necessary, which prompted him to get an appointment for me at a hospital 3 hours from home and the surgeon turned out to be a fellow autocrosser that plugged me in to a cancellation. That shortened the whole process to about 2 months. My understanding is if you have good coverage you'd get the whole deal done within a couple of days.

Essentially, costs are controlled by rationing services. We also still need private coverage for dental, optometry, drugs, etc as it's not covered by our "universal" health care.

The lobbying here is to allow "private" for profit clinics and hospitals to allow those who can afford it to jump the queue, so far with little success. Desperate rich folks go out of the country for quicker service.