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Oops... It seems my reply didn't quite make it, but the quote did. What I said (more correctly, TRIED to say) was that I thought the impact would not become fully apparent right away because of the time lag involved in making the move out of BC. I ...

I have been told that BC hospitals plan to go recruiting in Nova Scotia to try to get nurses there to go to BC. I don't know how successful this will be, leaving one dictatorship for another. I think Alberta will be a much more attractive destinati...

I think the editorial has it right. In my ward, people are working a lot of overtime. I have no idea where all these new nurses supposedly are and I suspect they exist only in the governments' imagination. All I see is the same old nurses working ...

That's $20 in US dollars. The last time I checked, the exchange rate for $1 US was $1.53 in Canadian funds. $20 US would then be $30.60 Canadian. The rate I found at the Texas hospital worked out to a base maximum rate of $42.75 in Canadian money f...

Turkish minister reprimanded on virginity tests ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's health minister has reportedly been ordered to take a vacation after setting off a public uproar by authorizing virginity tests for high school nursing students suspected ...

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=995752897563&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News Overworked nurses are paying `hidden cost' by Miche...

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=995369262104 Jul. 17, 09:03 EDT Smoking deaths save money: Philip Morris Tobacco giant touts governments' financial benefits from smok...

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=995493735062&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News Jul. 18, 08:03 EDT Turkey plans virginity tests fo...

How true! There is a tendency in North America to measure everything in terms of money without any thought of what is moral or reasonable. This certainly prevails in health care and in other factors which are health determinants. So we have Bush rep...

Hello Mijourney, You are correct. Health is reliant upon many factors. One of the things which I think is significant is the relationship between income and health. I doubt anyone could reasonably deny that the poorer you are, the poorer your healt...

kday, >Cdn- > >First, in response to your example of being >grateful that the government does not allow >drunk driving, etc., I must say that you seem >to have Libertarianism confused with Anarchy. >Libertarians believe in law e...

Natalie, thank you for posting this excellent link. It validates much of what I've been saying about the value of public Vs. private health care services. Perhaps kday will have some cogent and devastating analysis to offer which proves that the for...

>cdn: > >wow, are you always this hostile?? Kday, I note that you have not made even a feeble attempt to try to address any of the points I have made in my posts. I think that is a significant observation.

>Cdn, Libertarianism is not the Green Party. >It is not full of wanna be 'woodsman' who >wish to live on compounds like Ruby Ridge or Waco. ~sigh~ Kday, please read what I wrote again. I was making the point that the extreme emphasis on ind...

>Excellent, so I will begin with trying >to express my sentiments to question >number one, >1. Is providing healthcare a moral >obligation of government and should it >become a "right"? > >This article reflects my opinions &...

Hi Chellyse66, Thank you for posting this interesting item. >HEALTH CARE REFORM: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY >by Michael Tanner > >Michael Tanner is director of research at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. I'd like to address ...

kday, Wow, are you always this hostile? I don't understand why you're so opposed to having a single-payer system. If you have a choice of paying taxes to pay for your health care, or paying much more to a private corporation, why on earth would you ...

Here is a direct link to the Portland (Maine) Press Herald story previously mentioned by CaronRN58: http://www.portland.com/business/stories/010708buckley.shtml

Oh, where do I even begin to reply? I'm a Canadian RN & I'm astonished to learn that I live in a "communist" country because my healthcare costs are (largely) paid through taxes. One of the things that seems to be overlooked here is that whether...

Hi Dplear, I can't speak to the situation in Texas, having never worked or visited there. But I do know the situation where I am and from what I read in the media and on the net, it's pretty much the same elsewhere. Doctors here (in Canada) work on ...

Dplear, what are you talking about? AFL-CIO is not a union, it is an AFFILIATION of unions. Secondly, why do you think it is detrimental to nursing professionalism to associate with a "TOTALLY blue collar" organization like AFL-CIO? It makes you so...

The LA Times did some stories on the deaths (which are related to the nursing crisis). Here's a link to one of them: http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010627/t000053063.html

I'm in Canada and there is a big push on here among the business & political elite for more private care. The National Post even touts private health care as the solution to nurses feeling the need to strike (!!!). Stories like this on below con...

The gov't has forced a confrontation which it cannot win. Its actions are draconian and offensive most people's sense of justice. Now they are reaping the the results of their actions. You are not captives. If you can't strike then you can leave a...