This is a bit of a cross-post from one of my other favorite groups = boondocking. The following thread got started with the "Rush vs. Reality" post about American Health Care which stated the U.S. ranked lowest of the top ten industrialized nations as to satisfaction with our health care system. Only 11% of us are satisfied.
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hdorst
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I'm assuming BC ranks #2 at eighty something? (Instead of just 8 -- for their satisfaction rate?) Would this apply to all of Canada or just BC?
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IF it is a satisfaction rate of eighty something percent and we're at 11 percent here in the U.S. and our northern neighbors are simply on the other side of a line somebody drew on a map somewhere, how can it be such a stretch to imagine their system might work for us too? Are we really that much different from them? I think our current system makes a LOT of money for doctors, hospitals, drug companies, insurance companies and lawyers and -- via their collective contributions -- politicians. Until something about THAT equation changes, the resulting answer will NOT change.
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Which makes me wonder -- treading furtively on rice paper here . . . not wanting to cross over into that forboding "political post" realm -- if 89% of our population did NOT vote (as a result of their DIS-satisfaction with our health care system, for example), would it make any difference? Or would the politicians still ebb and flow with the tide as they do now when already a majority of our citizens don't vote -- all the while audaciously claiming they've received a majority of the vote ("landslide victory" and all that BS) -- completely ignoring those of us who don't vote because we believe the system long ago deteriorated beyond repair? Is there any point -- short of violent revolution -- when the government would realize the voice of the people is NOT being heard?
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sail4free
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