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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCome to California!
Governor Newsom is inviting Canadians to ignore Trump and come vacation in California. I offer the possibility of California breaking away from the US and joining Canada as the eleventh province! Just think...maple syrup, lots of great hockey, super hunting and fishing, free health care, free education! Newsom can be the Premier of California!
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Come to California! (Original Post)
Canada Kid
Wednesday
OP
I'd rather pay taxes for good healthcare than insurance companies for crappy healthcare.
hunter
Wednesday
#2
The US already spends more tax dollars per capita on healthcare than any other industrialized nation
Basso8vb
Wednesday
#3
1) Universal, 2) Affordable (one half per capita of US), 3) Hassle free (no paperwork), 4) BETTER RESULTS (life expect.)
Bernardo de La Paz
Wednesday
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Disaffected
(5,509 posts)1. Except healthcare and education are not "free".
Canadians' taxes pay for them.
hunter
(39,450 posts)2. I'd rather pay taxes for good healthcare than insurance companies for crappy healthcare.
Here in the U.S.A, even people with "platinum" health plans and millions of dollars in the bank tend to get mediocre health care at best.
Disaffected
(5,509 posts)4. Absolutely, especially if you believe
health care is a right.
Basso8vb
(857 posts)3. The US already spends more tax dollars per capita on healthcare than any other industrialized nation
So we'd actually save money by adopting universal healthcare.
Disaffected
(5,509 posts)5. No doubt.
Plus all the other advantages single-payer, universal coverage provide.
Bernardo de La Paz
(54,740 posts)6. 1) Universal, 2) Affordable (one half per capita of US), 3) Hassle free (no paperwork), 4) BETTER RESULTS (life expect.)
Not free but the real thing and a real deal.