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Yup, mr literal, you're right. I think if people who can't afford insurance are covered, that's pretty universal. If people who are employed gainfully don't choose to get insurance, that's their own choice, and they get to live with that choice.

I'm not really a fan of #9. Fruit and beer shouldn't be combined

I dunno, but I know that my friend, who was not broke, was covered for full cancer treatment up until his death. Maybe the coverage for illegal immigrants and higher income people is the difference? Folks like non-union actors, and other people making decent wages but who don't have health insurance by choice?

Good coverage. I was talking about major medical, which covers only >$5000

First, let's define who we're talking about without health care: The lower middle class, and entrepreneurs. The poor have insurance through medicaid. The vast majority have coverage through work. Self employed people sometimes choose to go without, and the people just above the poverty line are often stuck without insurance. But even for them it's a choice. If you have no insurance, and you get cancer, you'll go bankrupt. But then you'll have coverage. It sucks for those people it happens to. I think our safety net could use some tweaking, it's not a perfect system. But america wasn't founded as a place for people to go to have all their needs taken care of. It was founded on the idea that we should be free to succeed or fail based on our own abilities. You can choose to spend your money on cable tv, or you can choose to spend it on major medical coverage. Because that's what major medical costs, about $50 a month (assuming no pre-existing conditions).

They may be tweaking their system, but california has had universal health care for at least 4 years. I had a good friend who benefitted from it.

Not only is it not legal in california, but california has health care coverage for everyone. So it's an example of how universal health care isn't the panacea some people seem to think it is.

I'd rather live in a world where shit happens, but we get more choices...

Plus St Joes in memphis and md anderson in houston...

Easy - immigration

Reality is, the hospitals in both countries handle typical cases well. If they didn't, things would be seriously fucked up. The differences come when you need extreme care. In canada, you basically don't get it. In the US, you only get it if you can afford it. The benefit to state based coverage instead of federal is that you have the option of living in a different state if the one you're in doesn't suit you. As to the cost, I'd rather pay specific costs for specific benefits than give 60% of my salary for the government to spend as it sees fit.

All of this doesn't even begin to cover the #1 drawback to living in canada: canadians.

Nice straw man. The "evil insurance company can drop you" argument. It may happen, but it's not "common".

In soviet canada, hospital pays you. Seriously tho, in the US, if you're sick, you can go to any hospital, and you're guaranteed treatment. And medical bills can't impact your credit standing. That said, it's a good thing that people are expected to pay for the services they receive. I think we need to go more towards MSAs and away from traditional coverage anyway. Make medicine more, rather than less, competitive.

Canadian free health care is worth what you pay for it. I'm ok with living in a society where you're responsible for your own well being. I can see why you're glad someone else looks after you... As to the cost, even with relatively high medical costs over the last couple of years while we were living in alaska, I still paid significantly less for medical care (including the price of my insurance) than it'd cost me in additional taxes to live in canada. Then factor in the reduced wages in canada and we can just leave it as I am not looking to emigrate.

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Not eating, but cooking: bacon roux, I might have a use for it tonight or tomorrow, and it's always a shame to waste bacon fat. I'll risk a cup of flour for a 50% chance I'll use the roux

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http://www.tubecad.com/2004/blog0011.htm The aikido is pretty similar, and you can get boards. You're not really going to save money building your own 6sn7 amp, because by the time you buy tubes, you're still out quite a bit of money.

Why replicate a singlepower when there are publicly available tube amp designs that are as good, and don't require that you steal someone elses' work?

My 20th high school reunion is this spring.

Ah, but they're aerius style groupies* you get for getting your golden god status. * Made up

Yah. That's why wpa is generally good enough. It's crackable, but why would anyone bother?

just watch traffic and see what addresses are using it.

Try emptying your queue of everything else.