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Article #41847Re: *** HEALTH CARE Contradictions ***
From: Frank Black
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:00
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Where Masa gets his facts I do not know. Probably from the realm of fantasy. Mark Doldon wrote in message <36C6E046.D925A400@home.com>... > > >"~* Leotard.Net *~" wrote: > - 2 times of $20 million has been spent for breast surgery, >> to expand women's breast by inserting objects such as silicons. The >> money had spent for experiments as well (in Quebec) > >The provincial medical plans do NOT pay for cosmetic surgery. Any >breast surgery (I don't know WHERE Masataka gets his numbers from) done >under provincial medical plans would be medically necessary or >reconstruction surgery, for example after accidents. >> >> - 50 times of $20 million has been spent for ortho surgery >> including braces and mouth related surgeries to make face looking >> better (in Canada) > >Again, no cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive, yes, and if ever you get in >a car accident and have massive facial trauma, you will be glad of that >coverage. > >Orthodontia? Well, my sister has paid a pile for that (in Quebec), so I >guess you're wrong there. The only exception might be work considered >MEDICALLY necessary. > >> Although latter case might be important for some people, above two >> examples are unnecessary practices which suck our precious resource >> [money] that can be used in necessities such as emergency rooms , and >> if not, education. The demands for above two cases are increasing >> and therefore more money will be used (and in this way for recent >> years); don't forget, by cutting the money for ERs and education. >> What's wrong here ? > >It's simple...they continue to let you access Usenet!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101dc0,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gid101dc0,public X-Google-Thread: f504b,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d3,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d3,public X-Google-Thread: 100c8e,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gid100c8e,public X-Google-Thread: fc51e,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gidfc51e,public X-Google-Thread: 114af9,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,public X-Google-Thread: fb374,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gidfb374,public X-Google-Thread: 102c8f,adc733bee5eae0db X-Google-Attributes: gid102c8f,public From: "Frank Black" <mainserver@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: *** HEALTH CARE Contradictions *** Date: 1999/02/14 Message-ID: <4hNx2.34461$b8.14820023@hme2.newscontent-01.sprint.ca> X-Deja-AN: 444461913 References: <3a8a2726.786575@news.sprint.ca> <36C6E046.D925A400@home.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sprint.ca X-Trace: hme2.newscontent-01.sprint.ca 919052480 209.148.165.83 (Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:21:20 EDT) Organization: Millennium Group NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:21:20 EDT Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics,qc.politique,qc.general,mtl.general,soc.culture.canada,mcgill.general,concordia.general