You know what irks the crap out of me? The fact that COMMON SENSE IS DYING.
I think the headline of this article sort of says it all:
SOARING COSTS FORCE CANADA TO REASSESS HEALTH MODEL
“There’s got to be some change to the status quo whether it happens in three years or 10 years,” said Derek Burleton, senior economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank.
“We can’t continually see health spending growing above and beyond the growth rate in the economy because, at some point, it means crowding out of all the other government services.
“At some stage we’re going to hit a breaking point.”
Gee, Canada. You think?
The article goes on to draw a correlation between Canada and the United States, as, well, this is precisely where we’re headed, folks.
Canada is finding itself in a position of having to curtail their healthcare, looking for “new sources of funding,” because – holy mother of crap – they just don’t have enough money to sustain the current system as is.
Wait…..isn’t healthcare a RIGHT? And therefore, shouldn’t it just instantaneously happen without worrying about HOW it’s going to happen? I mean, healthcare should just magically appear out of our assular areas. Along with housing and flat-screen TVs. At least that’s what I’ve heard from the liberal talking heads.
“Ontario says healthcare could eat up 70 percent of its budget in 12 years, if all these costs are left unchecked.”
And you know who loses in all of this? Well, the consumer, for one. And then pharmaceutical companies are next in line. Who, by the way, are responsible for advancing medicine and the life expectancy of human beings, but who gives a rat’s ass about them, right? I mean – we don’t need no stinkin’ advances. And while we’re at it – let’s just screw the old people, too. They’re just getting annoying at this point, what with their gray hair and stories about when the country wasn’t socialist and all.
My favorite part of the article is this statement, though:
…one cost-saving idea may be to make patients aware of how much it costs each time they visit a healthcare professional. “(The public) will use the services more wisely if they know how much it’s costing.”
I laughed out loud at that. Brilliant, isn’t it? When you give a person a free ride and they develop a sense of entitlement to that free ride, they’re DEFINITELY going to be concerned and conscientious about what they’re actually costing other people. Riiiiiight.
Everyone hear that sound? That’s the sound of COMMON SENSE MOANING AND GASPING FOR AIR UNDER THE WEIGHT OF SHEER STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE.
And, just to remind everyone….this is coming to a country near you.
Welcome to the new America, AY?
