Comments on: Brown-Eyed Boy

By: Cat Ben

Cat Ben — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:24:13 +0000

I’m Canadian, and truly support the universal health care that we have. Unfortunately, it’s not utopian. This year a child died because the government, hospital, and her band argued about who would pay the bill–and that before the child was treated. She was “treaty”, and so she died because of red tape.

True, we have now got a law that states the commonsense principle that people get treated and bills get figured out afterwards, but it’s too late for her.

The horror I felt when I heard this story is something that you folks face all the time down there, and I just don’t understand why you don’t support universal health care. Why wouldn’t you want to know that anyone who was sick would be able to be treated? It doesn’t make sense to me NOT to want that. . . .

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:19:58 +0000

Dawn, I cannot imagine what anguish that little boy’s mother went through, or the anger that must result from that senseless, senseless argument that the free, unfettered marketplace will cure all ills. For all its problems and woes, I am so very grateful for our Canadian health care system, not least because no mother has to depend on the wisdom of bean counters to determine if her child will have the right to a chance at life.

By: Amy Lozano

Amy Lozano — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:14:59 +0000

you should really write a blog. oh, you do. dang, girl. your words are like art – simple, yet complicated. easy on the eyes, tugging on the heart.

By: Kami Lewis Levin

Kami Lewis Levin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:13:32 +0000

My heartstrings have been aptly tugged.

By: amber

amber — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:28:07 +0000

That’s terrible. Awful. Heartbreaking. It makes me so angry at our government…and the morons who are so adverse to change.

Thank you for such a beautiful post.

By: Quadelle

Quadelle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:17:49 +0000

Absolutely heartbreaking, and at the core of the issue.

In Australia we have a system that is somewhere between the Canadian and American system. We’re currently on one salary, but we pay the high price of private health insurance because we’re worried about the high cost if we don’t.

By: RJ Flamingo

RJ Flamingo — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:34:25 +0000

Amen, sister. Nothing describes the inequities better than real life. It’s unfortunate that those with political agendas and axes to grind seem to be in control of the “debate.”

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:22:19 +0000

Deb said it well. Our son just finished school and is trying to find a job. He is no longer covered under our insurance.

He asked me the other day if he could go to the dentist. It broke my heart to tell him that he could, but he’d have to talk to them to see if he could work out some kind of deal, since he didn’t have coverage. He’s one of my “babies”, even though he’s 20. I can’t afford to pay his medical bills if he gets sick, and he currently has no health insurance.

Please God keep him healthy always, and at least until he’s covered…

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:01:58 +0000

There are few words to explain the tragedy that is our healthcare system, and you found them. Thank you for sharing.

By: Aunt Becky

Aunt Becky — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:57:18 +0000

Kills me. It just kills me.