Palin outsmarts critics on Healthcare in Canada

[I can't think of a name]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100308/cm_huffpost/490080

It has been known for a few days now. Palin was 6 when her family went over the border in 1970. The Canadian national health care system did not start until 1972 in the Yukon when she lived in Skagaway. So that meant it was closer than other parts of Alaska and they paid for the care.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/system-regime/2005-hcs-sss/time-chron-eng.php

This happened a few days ago and it is now on the AP news wires top stories despite it being wrong :roll:

Not that I care that much about what Palin says, but this highlights how the media wont even check basic facts when reporting about conservatives.

[LineDoggie]

Not to mention it was easier to go to Canada as there was no highway connecting skagway until 1978

[SoftLion]

"She's an unpatriotic lying, cheating, dim-witted, health-care-stealing bitch." QFT. And don't let this article mislead you.

[Wimbly]

Not that I care that much about what Palin says, but this highlights how the media wont even check basic facts when reporting about conservatives.

Its a scenerio that plays out again and again. Especially when it concern Palin or Rush. For whatever reason the MSM feels it has a free pass to just make **** up if necessary. Even if its easily researched. They'll spend a week spreading the lie and 30 seconds in the afternoon recanting it.

[Włóczykij]

Wouldn't have mattered, whether or not it had happened in 1970 or 1975. Individuals who are not of Canadian citizenship, and are non-residents in a given Province or Territory for a period of time, while entitled to Health Care would have to pay for said service.

[California Joe]

She used the same story in another speech, only that time the brother got it treated in Alaska. He sure burned his feet a lot.

[Wimbly]

She used the same story in another speech, only that time the brother got it treated in Alaska. He sure burned his feet a lot.

One would think the 4th branch of government would be more interested in the inconsistencies of the president's speeches or the hypocrisy of the Democrats in power? What do I know though? Its clearly more important to discredit this powerless, former governor.

[navybrook]

"She's an unpatriotic lying, cheating, dim-witted, health-care-stealing bitch." QFT. And don't let this article mislead you.

She said to pass on that you are the lying prick...

[LineDoggie]

And sure shows the ignorance of facts just to smear her.

I have to wonder why a Parental decision when she was 6 years old is held against her as justifiable? As to injuries, Hell My Brother was in for staples, stitches, casts every month. As for Me, he once threw a claw hammer which caught and tore my right eyelid almost completely off. I Broke my wrist running along a rooftop, broke a heel bone jumping from the garage roof, fell off a parked steamroller and broke 3 fingers before I was 13.

[California Joe]

It should have never been covered. It's a ridiculous story.

[Shurik SST]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100308/cm_huffpost/490080

It has been known for a few days now. Palin was 6 when her family went over the border in 1970. The Canadian national health care system did not start until 1972 in the Yukon when she lived in Skagaway. So that meant it was closer than other parts of Alaska and they paid for the care.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/system-regime/2005-hcs-sss/time-chron-eng.php

This happened a few days ago and it is now on the AP news wires top stories despite it being wrong :roll:

Not that I care that much about what Palin says, but this highlights how the media wont even check basic facts when reporting about conservatives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada

"In 1957, the federal government passed the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hospital_Insurance_and_Diagnostic_Services_Act&action=edit&redlink=1) to fund 50% of the cost of such programs for any provincial government that adopted them. The HIDS Act outlined five conditions: public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility. These remain the pillars of the Canada Health Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_Act).
By 1961, all ten provinces had agreed to start HIDS Act programs. In Saskatchewan, the act meant that half of their current program would now be paid for by the federal government. Premier Woodrow Lloyd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Lloyd) decided to use this freed money to extend the health coverage to also include physicians. Despite the sharp disagreement of the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saskatchewan_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons&action=edit&redlink=1), Lloyd introduced the law in 1962 after defeating the Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Doctors%27_Strike) in July."


I dunno man, they make it sound like it was by 1961 that they all were covered. And the federal government starts funding at least 50% in '58.


Your own link states that too.


"1957
Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act, federal, proclaimed (Royal Assent) May 1; provides 50/50 cost sharing for provincial and territorial hospital insurance plans, in force July 1, 1958."

[SoftLion]

She said to pass on that you are the lying prick...

You phallicly-obsessed gentleman, I agree.

[seraosha]

It should have never been covered. It's a ridiculous story.

That honestly seems like the base criteria for most "hit pieces" on Palin.

[California Joe]

I'd agree, I don't think she should be considered newsworthy at all. But she sells tickets.

[LineDoggie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Canada

"In 1957, the federal government passed the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hospital_Insurance_and_Diagnostic_Services_Act&action=edit&redlink=1) to fund 50% of the cost of such programs for any provincial government that adopted them. The HIDS Act outlined five conditions: public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility. These remain the pillars of the Canada Health Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_Act).
By 1961, all ten provinces had agreed to start HIDS Act programs. In Saskatchewan, the act meant that half of their current program would now be paid for by the federal government. Premier Woodrow Lloyd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Lloyd) decided to use this freed money to extend the health coverage to also include physicians. Despite the sharp disagreement of the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saskatchewan_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons&action=edit&redlink=1), Lloyd introduced the law in 1962 after defeating the Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Doctors%27_Strike) in July."


I dunno man, they make it sound like it was by 1961 that they all were covered. And the federal government starts funding at least 50% in '58.


Your own link states that too.


"1957
Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act, federal, proclaimed (Royal Assent) May 1; provides 50/50 cost sharing for provincial and territorial hospital insurance plans, in force July 1, 1958."


1972
Yukon creates medical insurance plans with federal cost sharing, April 1.