Can we elect Bill Clinton as Prime Minister?
Posted by: Rob Wall in Canada, life away from the computerFrom CBC news - Clinton cautions Canada against moving to privatize health care
Its great to hear leaders from other countries praise our health care system in Canada. As a nation, it should be one of the things that we hold up as an example of the best we have achieved. During our most recent pregnancy, my wife and I were fortunate to have timely access to skilled medical professionals when we had need of their services. It works because we think of health care as a public good, and not as an opportunity for profit. Bill Clinton said:
The last thing anyone in Canada should do is let the “health-care finance tail wag the health-care dog,”
I think we need to keep in mind that we could and should say the same thing about education at all levels, from pre-school to post-secondary.
I suppose we don’t need to elect Bill Clinton, since we already have this guy.
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May 16th, 2006 at 11:12
Rob,
I remember getting chills while watching Bill Clinton give his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for president in 1992. I haven’t stopped believing in universal health care since that night (I hadn’t yet experienced the wonderful reality of it when I moved to Canada). My family, unfortunately, has seen first hand what happens when health care is more about profit than about actual health.
Of course, I’m also a believer that both countries need to do a lot more to establish actual HEALTH care (prevention) systems instead of SICK care (reaction). We need a lot more emphasis on prevention and keeping people healthy.
Okay, I’ll step off of my soap box now.
May 16th, 2006 at 11:37
Nah, Heather, stay up there. I think that the sheer brilliance of Tommy Douglas sharing this vision with the people of Saskatchewan is one of the most important moments in world history. I don’t think that Bill Clinton would have been talking about universal health care without Tommy’s lead.
Can there be a more radical, revolutionary and transformational idea than the notion that we should show compassion to all other human beings?
OK - I’ll step off the soap box now. History has shown that people who spend a lot of time espousing such philosophies often end up with shortened life spans. ;^D
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