Canadian Health Care Difficulties

Recently, I was surprised to hear a shocking story about health care in Canada. They have the kind of system that the Democrats keep trying to foist on us.

First, you need to know that c. difficile is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. It most often affects older adults, and usually occurs after a course of antibiotics. It's pretty well known that antibiotics can kill the beneficial bacteria in your intestines, giving malicious bacteria free rein. Taking probiotics can alleviate this problem, but overburdened doctors on the public payroll probably have no time to worry about such finicky details.

What I heard was that in Quebec, c. diff. is 5 times more common than in the U.S., and in order to minimize the problem, deaths are underreported. How? If anyone 55 or over dies of c. diff., their death is attributed to old age.

Is this what we have to look forward to? I'm feeling sick already...

Sign The Health Care Petition

If you're worried about the government takeover of health care, you owe it to yourself to go to this petition stating that: we need to be able to choose our own doctors and our own plans; that we should have access to the treatment that we need; that we don't want the government making health care decisions for us.

After you sign, you'll get access to an excellent paper from the National Center For Policy Analysis, called "Ten Steps to a Patient-Friendly Health Care System".

Personally, I think we need legislation that puts Congress and the President in the same health plan that they prescribe for us.