Sarah Palin used Canadian Health Care as child

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Palin Crossed Border For Canadian Health Care
First Posted: 03- 8-10 11:59 AM | Updated: 03- 8-10 12:26 PM

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Share Comments 451 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care -- admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer system.

"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," Palin said in her first Canadian appearance since stepping down as governor of Alaska. "And I think now, isn't that ironic?"

The irony, one guesses, is that Palin now views Canada's health care system as revolting: with its government-run administration and 'death-panel'-like rationing. Clearly, however, she and her family once found it more alluring than, at the very least, the coverage available in rural Alaska. Up to the age of six, Palin lived in a remote town near the closest Canadian city, Whitehorse.

Officials at several hospitals in that area declined to give out information on patient visits.



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I don't think the Canadian system is better than the US system, even though I am Canadian. I think that having both a government and a private option is the best solution.

Let people choose for themselves.

 

[StageLeft]

Failin Palin' FTL

 

[JEDIYoda]

Palin is grandstanding.....she is showing her true colors..

 

[her209]

I'm not surprised. She is a walking contradiction.

 

[blackangst1]

OP Fail. How about correcting your thread title to accurately reflect the truth? You cant find enough truth in her that you resort to lying and misleading?

Title should say:

Sarah Palin Used to go to Canada for Health Care

According to the article, it implies until she was 6 years old.

 

[dmcowen674]

OP Fail. How about correcting your thread title to accurately reflect the truth? You cant find enough truth in her that you resort to lying and misleading?

Title should say:

Sarah Palin Used to go to Canada for Health Care

According to the article, it implies until she was 6 years old.

The hypocrisy still stands

 

[Jaskalas]

According to the article, it implies until she was 6 years old.

So her parents used Canadian healthcare some 40 years ago.

 

[HannibalX]

The hypocrisy still stands

Only if you're an idiot.

 

[Drako]

So her parents used Canadian healthcare some 40 years ago.

Yep, becuase it was the closest town with a doctor.

What a stupid article.

 

[Tristicus]

The hypocrisy still stands

That's a good thread to hold onto.

 

[senseamp]

Why didn't she just swim over to Russia?

 

[Hacp]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/palin-crossed-border-for_n_490080.html



I don't think the Canadian system is better than the US system, even though I am Canadian. I think that having both a government and a private option is the best solution.

Let people choose for themselves.

I have no problem with a government system as long as it is not financed by the taxpayers, IE it is financed by those who pay into the government system only. What Obama wants is to take hard earned taxpayer money and give it to people too lazy to buy their own health insurance.

 

[dmcowen674]

I have no problem with a government system as long as it is not financed by the taxpayers, IE it is financed by those who pay into the government system only. What Obama wants is to take hard earned taxpayer money and give it to people too lazy to buy their own health insurance.

Awesome and I hope he starts with your paycheck :thumbsup:

 

[senseamp]

I have no problem with a government system as long as it is not financed by the taxpayers, IE it is financed by those who pay into the government system only. What Obama wants is to take hard earned taxpayer money and give it to people too lazy to buy their own health insurance.

How do you know they are lazy, maybe they are working 3 jobs but still can't afford insurance due to preexisting conditions?

 

[Hacp]

How do you know they are lazy, maybe they are working 3 jobs but still can't afford insurance due to preexisting conditions?

Tough luck, life isn't fair.

 

[Jaskalas]

Awesome and I hope he starts with your paycheck :thumbsup:

You back people into a corner and they'll bite. You're hoping for that at this point. Goes along with the propaganda purposes of the OP's 'news'. Pushing an agenda and attacking your opponent while doing it.

 

[her209]

How do you know they are lazy, maybe they are working 3 jobs but still can't afford insurance due to preexisting conditions?

Cut him some slack. He's still in "college".

 

[senseamp]

Tough luck, life isn't fair.

You didn't answer my question, how do you know they are lazy?
Life may not be fair, but you called them "lazy," and I would like to know how you came to that conclusion?

 

[senseamp]

Tough luck, life isn't fair.

BTW, that is exactly my response to your whining about government using taxpayer money to pay for health care.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Tough luck, life isn't fair.

It is because of dicks like you on the right that we no longer have a public option in the health care bill. Health care is a right, not some damn privilege. Gain some fucking compassion man, not everyone has it as easy as you do.

 

[Pens1566]

I have no problem with a government system as long as it is not financed by the taxpayers, IE it is financed by those who pay into the government system only. What Obama wants is to take hard earned taxpayer money and give it to people too lazy to buy their own health insurance.

Just like the other thread where you were corrected ... the bolded has been happening for years. And quit with the "lazy" shit. It makes you look even dumber than you are.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Tough luck, life isn't fair.

Gosh, you're sooo cool and so tough. I hope someday I can grow up and be an interweb toughguy like you.

 

[Zepper]

She had no choice in the matter - she was SIX for pete's sake... As usual, Huff Post story = much ado about NOTHING.

.bh.

 

[Brainonska511]

Tough luck, life isn't fair.

Easy for the guy on mommy and daddy's dole to say.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by dmcowen674
Awesome and I hope he starts with your paycheck :thumbsup:

You back people into a corner and they'll bite. You're hoping for that at this point.

You've seen me say for years that when you get enough people negatively affected they will band together and affect change.

It's happening more and more everyday.