Re: You must admit.........

On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:21:53 -0800, Miss Elaine Eos wrote:
On 2011-12-04 15:12:04 +0000, Carbon <nobrac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:16:27 -0800, CigarBaron wrote:
On Dec 3, 8:45 pm, Carbon <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm not sure this makes sense in the US. In Canada in exchange for
stupid high tobacco taxes you get universal health care.

You mean "socialized" health care in Canada.

We called it universal healthcare in Canada. It wasn't until I got
here that I routinely heard it referred to as above. Some words seem
to cause an emotional response and I'd rather avoid another pointless
debate.

Regardless of how people react to the words, would I be correct to say
that Canada's health care is *NOT* universal, but that it *IS*
socialized?

What do you think the distinction is?

Misc "wisdom begins with naming things correctly."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-payer_health_care#Canada
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