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04-29-2025, 06:04 PM
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#11701 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer  I’ve always said, if you can actually fix it, I’ll pay whatever.
Why can’t we look at better models to base our own off rather than just be like well.. the states doesn’t work so why try anything new.
I think the model of privatization and paying more to access it while also using the same private infrastructure to improve access on the public side does have merit. | I agree with you, but the unfortunate part, is we've got to fund it to build it instead of the other way around. Funding can either mean larger deficits, or bigger taxes now instead of later to pay for those deficits. Do you believe Canadians will accept that? We both agree that we will, but considering people talk about how we "have the highest taxes in the world" or we are "taxed into poverty" or whatever else, I don't think the average Canadian understands that enough to get behind it.
More privatization isn't the answer, or at least currently I think it isn't, because we have a people shortage. If we don't have enough doctors in the public system, how will we have enough in the public system when a private system comes in.
It's just going to take 100/0 and turn it into 80/20 or whatever ratio ends up. It doesn't address needing more bodies to function.
You could put 5 billion into healthcare tomorrow and it wouldn't have anything to buy unfortunately.
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04-29-2025, 06:06 PM
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You don’t think if a private clinic could run and charge for an MRI machine 24/7 someone wouldn’t open up a dozen instantly? Seems like Stuff like CT, MRI, most scans you could just open to the private sector and they could stand alone on their own profits
The incentive has to be there, I just don’t think there will ever be the will even attempt It though
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04-29-2025, 06:10 PM
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#11703 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Double post fuck you yray lol.
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Originally Posted by punkwax Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct. |
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04-29-2025, 06:43 PM
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#11704 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer You don’t think if a private clinic could run and charge for an MRI machine 24/7 someone wouldn’t open up a dozen instantly? Seems like Stuff like CT, MRI, most scans you could just open to the private sector and they could stand alone on their own profits
The incentive has to be there, I just don’t think there will ever be the will even attempt It though | Scans are already open to the private sector. Funny enough there are a dozen in BC. There's a list here: https://www.findprivateclinics.ca/Br...-2-0-19-0.html
An MRI was about $900 a decade ago, idk what they cost now.
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04-29-2025, 06:46 PM
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#11705 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer You don’t think if a private clinic could run and charge for an MRI machine 24/7 someone wouldn’t open up a dozen instantly? Seems like Stuff like CT, MRI, most scans you could just open to the private sector and they could stand alone on their own profits
The incentive has to be there, I just don’t think there will ever be the will even attempt It though | Lots of portions of healthcare already exist privately. MRI as mentioned. My mother in law is paying 25k to get a hip replacement in Canada, so she doesn't have to wait a year.
Don't forget lifelabs, those guys are fucking super. I'd love to have my bloodwork go missing and have all my medical records cyberbreached in the same appointment.
Huge fan of the for profit senior care that killed everyone during COVID too.
Good example of the American model that's already creeped in here. There at least needs to be higher standards for this private care. Profits and helping people doesn't exactly coexist well.
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Originally Posted by boostfever Westopher is correct. | Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82 seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked | Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct. | | |
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04-29-2025, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer You don’t think if a private clinic could run and charge for an MRI machine 24/7 someone wouldn’t open up a dozen instantly? Seems like Stuff like CT, MRI, most scans you could just open to the private sector and they could stand alone on their own profits
The incentive has to be there, I just don’t think there will ever be the will even attempt It though | Who is going to run the machines? We don't have enough MRI tech's.
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04-29-2025, 07:55 PM
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04-29-2025, 07:57 PM
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#11708 | | Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
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Originally Posted by Manic! Who is going to run the machines? We don't have enough MRI tech's. | Robots and AI could.
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04-29-2025, 07:57 PM
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#11709 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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^those fucks cant even make a sandwich!!!
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04-29-2025, 08:04 PM
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#11710 | | Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
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Originally Posted by Badhobz ^those fucks cant even make a sandwich!!! | Duh, women were invented for that! 
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04-29-2025, 08:12 PM
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#11711 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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not the women around me... these bitches cant even make instant noodles. 
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04-29-2025, 08:22 PM
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#11712 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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What about the gym lady?
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04-29-2025, 08:29 PM
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#11713 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Fuck this shit. 
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04-29-2025, 08:45 PM
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#11714 | | Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
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Originally Posted by Badhobz not the women around me... these bitches cant even make instant noodles. | My daughter is able to cook a fried egg in butter, cracking the egg one-handed without getting any shell in the pan, since she was 6 years old. Never even burned herself! Except once on hot toast.
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What's the difference between a toilet and pierre poilievre?
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#11716 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Saw Dark post this in the Electric/Hybrid thread and it got me thinking.. Quote:
Originally Posted by dark0821 | time and time again, I keep hearing about how your taxes don't do anything to benefit you or vice versa.. where the fuck do you people think these EV rebates come from LOL. Thank god we're pulling the plug and not funding this anymore. Imo if you can afford an electric car (outside of the ultra cheap Fiat 500e as of late), you can afford it without financial assistance. Especially, if you can afford to upgrade infastructure in your home.
Though on the other hand, this may have been a good example of how subsidies kick start an economy or industry. It clearly worked. A lot of people switched to EVs. EV adoption is a lot higher. Hell we see more Teslas on the road than Honda Civics.
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Fuck you guys. I overcontributed to my RRSP so you could get an EV rebate and I don't even live in BC and I don't even like EVs!
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#11718 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS Saw Dark post this in the Electric/Hybrid thread and it got me thinking..
time and time again, I keep hearing about how your taxes don't do anything to benefit you or vice versa.. where the fuck do you people think these EV rebates come from LOL. Thank god we're pulling the plug and not funding this anymore. Imo if you can afford an electric car (outside of the ultra cheap Fiat 500e as of late), you can afford it without financial assistance. Especially, if you can afford to upgrade infastructure in your home.
Though on the other hand, this may have been a good example of how subsidies kick start an economy or industry. It clearly worked. A lot of people switched to EVs. EV adoption is a lot higher. Hell we see more Teslas on the road than Honda Civics. | Kinda doubt the discounts did much to drive the market.
Tesla did a better job advertising the “savings” that an EV provides with their gas rebates built into the pricing than the govt. did
HOV lane access, govt subsidized, no road taxes collected on fuel, and we hugely missed the mark on BC’s “climate goals” yay
With all the “green” initiatives we pumped into, we missed our goals by HALF  https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/0...ssions-target/
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