Friday Cocktail and end of week talk

[Old Cowzilla]

Took my wife in for eye surgery in Winnipeg this week 2hrs trip in -30 . Old hospital ,clean well organized friendly staff. Waiting room had other patients from all over province getting same job. One other patient asked what happened 60-70 years ago when older folks had this problem. Nurse bluntly said they went blind back then.Maybe we have been just lucky but so far so good just try to live kinda healthy life. Stress free just feeding cattle and grain farming sure helps.......

[littledoggie]

Au contraire GoalieGuy. The problem in Alberta was the NDP government that we suffered through and the tinkering they did in AHS (Alberta Health Services) when they stacked the board with TOO many NDP hacks that were over paid and under qualified. Since Jason Kenney didn't have the big balls to gut it, Danielle Smith is left cleaning up the mess. At least she is looking at other systems. Canada never learns cause we keep doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result. NO, we don't want a US style sickcare system. But there are many successful examples of healthcare delivery is other parts of the world. I applaud Danielle Smith.

[Landdownunder]

Interesting topic.
Yeah im not Canadian shouldn't comment, but why demonise me for having private health since I was 26yrs old. Takes me off public list.

[Landdownunder]

As of September 2024, about 55% of Australians had some form of private health insurance that covered general treatment. This is a record number of Australians with private health insurance.
Explanation

• Private health insurance in Australia has been growing since June 2020.
• Australians use private health insurance to access mental health treatment and timely surgery.
• Private health insurance options include hospital cover, extras cover, and ambulance cover.
• Some of the biggest private health insurers in Australia include Medibank, Bupa, HCF, NIB, HBF, Teachers Health, Australian Unity, and GMHBA.

Other health insurance information

• All Australian residents can get healthcare through Medicare, Australia's universal health insurance scheme.
• The most common reasons for not having private health insurance are "Can't afford it" or "It's poor value for money".
• In 2024, the average cost of private health insurance in Australia is around $160 per month for a single person.

[farmaholic]

Interesting topic.
Yeah im not Canadian shouldn't comment, but why demonise me for having private health since I was 26yrs old. Takes me off public list.

I don't think anyone demonized you for choosing some private over public health care.
It is interesting to hear your perspective and what's available in Austrailia.

[Old Cowzilla]

Most people fear if we had 2 tier system all doctors and nurses would jump ship. Yet most provinces already hire contract nurses to keep system going and offer doctors fringe benefits to get them to work in certain areas.

[Landdownunder]

I don't think anyone demonized you for choosing some private over public health care.
It is interesting to hear your perspective and what's available in Austrailia.

worded that wrong meant demonise those who have it

[Landdownunder]

As we all know a fair % of bearings are made in china have they increased in US anyone know? Will obscene cost of harvesters go even higher

[SASKFARMER]

Daytona 500 today.

No crying or booing the president as he does a fly buy then a lap around the track.

Fly buy from the airforce

11 laps then rain delay.

[fcr]

Today we started up the Amazon. the most diverse eco system in the world. Truly amazing. Also so depressing to see the deforestation happening for mining , lumber and soybeans. When you see and understand how the climate here works and how land clearing changes the cycle you can then see how the world’s regional climates affect us all. The forest may not be here for my grandchildren to see when they’re my age if this continues. I will enjoy the next two weeks exploring the rivers and forests, if the heat and humidity doesn’t kill me. Lol