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Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 13th 2017, 6:04 am

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

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Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

I watched the CBC National story concerning the costs of drugs in Canada tonight.
Their comparison with governmental action in New Zealand compared with that in Canada was poor.
Apparently New...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 10th 2017, 4:29 pm

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

Any governing system that acts for the common good should canvass popular opinion as and such should listen to pressure groups. What it should not do is be influenced by them to act in any way that...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 9th 2017, 3:40 am

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

Nice one JS, I especially liked the following:

'Last month, a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reported that Canada could save $8 billion by creating a national pharmacare program...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 7th 2017, 4:26 pm

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

Probably for a broken biro.. but has to be well chewed.

I'm not criticising pharmaceutical companies, they do what they do to maximise profits, it's to be expected. What I do criticise is a health...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 7th 2017, 12:48 am

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

You will have gathered from my various rants that, like so many others, I'm not a health professional just merely human and simply a customer and as such am ignorant of much that goes on. I welcome...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 6th 2017, 9:17 pm

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

I tend to look at what and how things happen or don't happen. A short look on Google generated the following: The full version can be viewed at:...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 6th 2017, 6:43 pm

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

I'm a cynic and I'm afraid it will probably never happen while those who are in a position to make this happen continue to accept goodies for not making it happen.

Am I suggesting a degree of...

Forum: The Maple Leaf

Jan 6th 2017, 2:31 am

Replies: 129

Canada is expensive get over it.

Views: 10,010

Posted By dave_j

Re: Canada is expensive get over it.

It's not Canada, but you could blame health and political systems that, for reasons that may not be entirely ethical, permit the phamaceutical industry to price these items as highly as the market is...

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