Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln, How Was The Play?

Charlotte neglected to mention who pays for her health care since she is a US citizen.

Published March 13 2010
Canadian health care works well
I am an American citizen and a former resident of North Dakota, who has lived in Canada for 37 years. I encourage Americans to support publically-funded health care for all.

By: Charlotte Schumacher Majic, Port Hope, Ont.

My husband had a kidney transplant 27 years ago and has had two heart attacks (regularly sees a number of specialists) and is in excellent health. As in the US, some procedures take priority over others. He did wait for a kidney to become available, but he never waited when he had a heart attack.

We have never received a bill or made co-payments. And, it never felt wrong, that we had something everyone needs. Canada has a single-payer, publically-funded system. We pay slightly more income and sales tax than the U.S., but these taxes do not come close to the outrageously-high premiums my U.S. relatives pay.

Canadian medical costs are half as much per capita as the US pays for health care, and, it covers all Canadians. We do not fill in forms and wait for reimbursement. We simply give our Health Card number and see our doctor of choice, no questions asked.

Republicans agree that there is a need for the government to end annual and lifetime caps on insurance benefits, to end denial of coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions and on the need for regulation to contain rising costs and combat fraud. Therefore, they cannot also argue that the government has no role to play in health care coverage. This also undercuts the core Republican argument that Democrats need to throw out all the legislation and start over, since they agree with the core.

So, let’s get on with it and pass this for the people, not keep the status quo for the insurance industry, who are the only ones benefiting from the status quo.

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Friday Night Video

Blondie Heart Of Glass 1979

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Another Failure Of Collectivism

Two billion dollars of tax money was spent on this fiasco!

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* MARCH 12, 2010

District Tackles Woes Money Didn't Fix
Decision to Shutter Dozens of Kansas City Schools Marks Major Shift After Reliance on Court-Ordered Special Funding

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Arthur Benson fought in court for decades to improve the Kansas City School District. This week, he voted to close nearly half its schools.

The decision by Mr. Benson and his colleagues on the Kansas City School Board to shutter 26 of the district's 61 schools marks a sea change for the inner-city district, once viewed as an experiment in using generous spending as a way to improve performance.

Now, administrators are using the recession-driven funding shortfalls to tackle problems many observers say should have been addressed years ago.

"These closings are absolutely in the best interests of our kids," said Mr. Benson, a 66-year-old civil-rights attorney who said he had filed about a dozen suits against the district since 1970 before joining the board two years ago.

Faced with half-filled schools and a $50 million annual deficit, the board hopes that Wednesday's decision, reached after a five-to-four vote, will help shore up the district's finances and free resources to revamp the district's academic offerings.

The closings, scheduled to take place before the next academic year, will eliminate about 700 of the district's 3,300 jobs, including 285 teachers. Enrollment today is less than 18,000 students, half what it was a decade ago.

The district has turned to more than two dozen superintendents over the past 30 years to tackle its problems. No longer can it look outside for help. "Now we have to fix from the inside," Mr. Benson said.

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Cook Your Way Into Heaven!

The Jesus pan. How easy can it get?

 Perfect for your next endless loaves 'n fishes buffet!

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Suspicious object found at Fargo's South Campus II

How much did this fiasco cost taxpayers? At least the FPD got to play with their expensive high tech toys again!

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The Fargo police bomb squad used a water cannon to disarm the object, but Sgt. Joe Anderson said the object was not explosive.

He said it looked like a homemade science project. He described it as a car with an attached candle and a wick that may have been mistaken as a pipe bomb.

A teacher found the suspicious object about 3 p.m. in a garbage can, which was moved outside.

A portion of South University Drive is still closed, but should open by 6 p.m., he said.

About a dozen homes in the area were told to evacuate. Students weren’t evacuated because it was the end of the school day, but they were safely moved out of the building on the northside.

Superintendent Rick Buresh said school will resume tomorrow as usual.

There were no arrests made, Anderson adding, “There doesn’t appear to be any crime.”

A couple students were detained outside the school at 1305 S. University Drive because they were being belligerent and uncooperative, he said, but they were released.

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