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Though Americans are promised a republican form of government, wherein they are sovereigns without subjects and endowed with rights government was instituted to secure, they're embroiled in the aftermath of the revolution of 1933, that gave birth to the People's Democratic Socialist Republic of America.
War and Emergency Powers Acts
"A majority of the people of the United States have lived all of their lives under emergency rule. For 40 years (as of the report 1933-1973), freedoms and governmental procedures guaranteed by the Constitution have, in varying degrees, been abridged by laws brought into force by states of national emergency."
FREEDOMS ... GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION ... HAVE BEEN ABRIDGED BY LAWS ... UNDER EMERGENCY RULE ...
Good thing she didn't need a hip or knee replacement....she'd be waiting a long time! In all seriousness, most of my Canadian friends are happy with the "everyday" healthcare they receive. However, the bigger issues....not so much. They have said it's a good place to be if you are relatively healthy or dying. In between, with issues common to aging, they are lacking.
The big thing here is Prescriptions as noted. My first job in 2004 out of school was as a client rep who's HR function was outsourced to Toronto where I live. My first eye opening exposure to the monstrosity that is US Health Care.
It was here I learned that Prescription was actually more important for the average person, especially those older. The one client (US Dow Jones) had multiple companies underneath, which included highly paid rocket scientists, would actually defer their retirement to maintain their lower premium (also subsidized by their employer) health benefits. More importantly their prescription.
Bill Clinton was right when he said it's the bureaucracy that adds to the significant cost of healthcare which I saw first hand as the amount of data transfer points to get service was truly multi-stage and complex. People were also denied immediate coverage at the hospital if a small detail was wrong, which was an error somewhere along those data transfer points. It would take weeks before it would resolve itself, leaving many with deferred care or actually being billed and the pressure on them to pay until it was corrected.
Basically, a huge part of the US economy is also what contributes to its soaring costs and inefficiencies.
Then why does 90% of the Canadian population live within a few miles of the U.S. border?
Fact - its because the flat, even geographic terrain there was where it was easiest and most practical to build the cross country railroad from the east coast to the west coast. Then of course homestead farms and then small towns and eventually cities grew up along side the railroad for practical commercial purposes. The railroad was the main access to commerce and industries and fastest method of transportation of people and merchandise and livestock and grains and whatever other resources that needed to be moved across the country. So that's where the towns and people were.
And 90% of the Canadian population does not live within a few miles of the U.S. border. But 75% of the Canadian population does live within 200 miles north of the Canadian border because the cities and their industries grew up along the railway which also happens to have been built within 200 miles of the Canadian border. Then logically the Trans Canada Highway was also built next within that same corridor.
See, it has nothing to do with wanting to be in close proximity to whatever country lies on the other side of the Canadian border. The country on the other side of the Canadian border is irrelevant to how Canada functions and where Canadian people reside. It's all about what is geographically most convenient for Canadians to build their infrastructures across the continent from coast to coast.
And if you think about it carefully, considering the way it inadvertently worked out it's also not a bad idea to have the majority of the nation's population living almost in a straight row across the country all so close enough to the border. Just like the national anthem says - "Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee". That way the citizens all stand together on guard against more unwanted forays and incursions from the other side of the border the same way they did 200 and 150 years ago and now again within the past couple of years since Trump has stirred up so much trouble.
I worked for 2 years for a Vancouver company and my experiences with the Canadian health system was not a good one....I ended up having to drive to my house in Seattle to get proper treatment. I'm still of the opinion that the Canadian health system is a good one and we should look seriously at adopting something similar but I wasn't impressed.
Good thing she didn't need a hip or knee replacement....she'd be waiting a long time! In all seriousness, most of my Canadian friends are happy with the "everyday" healthcare they receive. However, the bigger issues....not so much. They have said it's a good place to be if you are relatively healthy or dying. In between, with issues common to aging, they are lacking.
I always ask, if Canada's health care is so good, WHY do so MANY have EXTRA PRIVATE health care insurance?
Fact - its because the flat, even geographic terrain there was where it was easiest and most practical to build the cross country railroad from the east coast to the west coast. Then of course homestead farms and then small towns and eventually cities grew up along side the railroad for practical commercial purposes. The railroad was the main access to commerce and industries and fastest method of transportation of people and merchandise and livestock and grains and whatever other resources that needed to be moved across the country. So that's where the towns and people were.
And 90% of the Canadian population does not live within a few miles of the U.S. border. But 75% of the Canadian population does live within 200 miles north of the Canadian border because the cities and their industries grew up along the railway which also happens to have been built within 200 miles of the Canadian border. Then logically the Trans Canada Highway was also built next within that same corridor.
See, it has nothing to do with wanting to be in close proximity to whatever country lies on the other side of the Canadian border. The country on the other side of the Canadian border is irrelevant to how Canada functions and where Canadian people reside. It's all about what is geographically most convenient for Canadians to build their infrastructures across the continent from coast to coast.
And if you think about it carefully, considering the way it inadvertently worked out it's also not a bad idea to have the majority of the nation's population living almost in a straight row across the country all so close enough to the border. Just like the national anthem says - "Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee". That way the citizens all stand together on guard against more unwanted forays and incursions from the other side of the border the same way they did 200 and 150 years ago and now again within the past couple of years since Trump has stirred up so much trouble.
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Yes! all that, plus being closer to the border means we are closer to the equator, compared to the northern reaches of Canada. We already often have 5-6 months of winter weather where I live, and I hate winter.
Why would I want to move further north and suffer even more winter weather?
FAnd 90% of the Canadian population does not live within a few miles of the U.S. border. But 75% of the Canadian population does live within 200 miles north of the Canadian border because the cities and their industries grew up along the railway which also happens to have been built within 200 miles of the Canadian border. Then logically the Trans Canada Highway was also built next within that same corridor.
See, it has nothing to do with wanting to be in close proximity to whatever country lies on the other side of
It has A LOT to do with wanting to be close to the U.S. Much of it ECONOMIC, and much of it CLIMATE. Some of it is cultural.
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According to the 2011 Canadian Census, more than 23 million people, almost 70 percent of the population, live in urban areas. Ninety percent of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
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That way the citizens all stand together on guard against more unwanted forays and incursions from the other side of the border the same way they did 200 and 150 years ago and now again within the past couple of years since Trump has stirred up so much trouble. 