help him if you can:
https://www.crowdrise.com/fundraise...ons/dahrrans--cancer-fundraiser/sandramoulton
https://www.crowdrise.com/fundraise...ons/dahrrans--cancer-fundraiser/sandramoulton
Dahrran Diedrick has cancer
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I wish him well on his road to recovery. However, I have a question that maybe someone can answer. He lives in Canada. A place with universal health care coverage that we are constantly told is far superior to our system. Yet he needs money to come to the US for treatment. If Canadas healthcare is such a great model, why does he need to come here? And if we adopt their system, where do we go for treatments like this?
Not trying to start a political debate here or come across as a smart aleck. Just curious about how their system works
Not trying to start a political debate here or come across as a smart aleck. Just curious about how their system works
Their system works to the point that if you can afford it, you go to the U.S.
Exactly what I was going to post after reading Huskerfan2112's post but then scrolled down and saw yours.
Who is "constantly telling you" that Canada's health care system is far superior to what we have here?
Canada's system has some strong points that ours lacks, in that everyone is covered and having that coverage is not dependent on whether/where you have a job. But there are big trade-offs, and many aspects of Canada's health care system fall far short of ours. I don't want the U.S. to adopt Canada's system, but I can understand why it appeals to some people.
Who is constantly telling me? Ive read numerous articles stating it. Ive seen congressional testimony advocating adoption of their system. Numerous politicians on the campaign trail over the last 10 years as well. Like I said, I was not trying to be a smart ass. But if you really insist on sources, Im sure I can find you dozens in print and on video.
No, I'm not asking you for sources or disputing that there are people who argue for a single-payer health care system. But those poeple are pretty few in number, all things considered. I would say the idea has about the same amount of momentum as the free-college-for-all movement - in other words, it's talked about, but it isn't realistic and it certainly isn't going to happen anytime soon.
the US can't afford American healthcare. The amount of money being spent chasing medical miracles in the last year of most people's lives is astronomical. In many cases people treat their pets with more dignity and respect at the end of life than they do their human family members.
As someone who jumped into this discussion, I would like to respectfully suggest that we take it up in a separate thread. I'm not trying to disrespect anyone's opinion or have the last word, but I don't want to detract from this thread's original intent or get it locked. Thanks.
The only thing that people would say that is better about Canadian healthcare is the fact that everyone is covered. The quality of care will never reach the level of the U.S. healthcare system, because the waiting lines are so long that people choose to pay for their own health care by coming to the U.S. That's the reason why many of the larger northern U.S. cities have such high numbers of heart surgeries and cancer treatments.
My brother met Canadian doctors working in the USA on their vacation to make extra money. It's rationed healthcare, in America we do it by price, in Canada and elsewhere they pay for it in time. I recall a girl 17 in England asking one of their politicians why was she still waiting to get braces.
Well anyway, back to the subject. Help Dahrran if you can, lot of sadness in the Husker family for obvious reasons, and now a former player needs help. Time to band together and do what we can!
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