Proceeds from North Vancouver's Season Premiere to benefit Tara Llanes’ Road to Recovery.

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EricBirk (May 13, 2008 at 10:51)

Here in Canada we have a pretty awesome system. WAY WAY better than in the states. BUT that being said France has probably the best I have ever seen. The big difference, assuming I am remembering this correctly, is that you guys over in France pay way more in taxes do you not? But personally I would much rather see my tax money going to better health care to take care of me and fellow citizens than to some fat old banker working for the prime minister...

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git (May 13, 2008 at 11:29)

...or to the newest 18 year old social servicer recipient who is just to lazy and ignorant to find a job.

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mtbKELSEY (Dec 23, 2008 at 23:00)

yeah i was talking to this one guy who lives here in the states and he broke his leg at whistler, he had to have 2 surgeries, and he paid 11 bucks and that was just a processing fee cuz he was a US citizen, if he had done that here he would have been out a good 15-20,000 bucks, screw our healthcare...

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quentos (May 13, 2008 at 14:44)

Well taxes are arround 30% of your global income and it can goes up to 60% if you make a lot of cash.
The VAT is important as weel :19 % on most of the products and 5% on services.
Yes it's quite a lot and I assume that some of the social employees are kind of lazy but I think the system is pretty fair.

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quentos (May 13, 2008 at 2:37)

There's something I don't get, I quote : "we can make certain Tara receives every opportunity for the best care that can be afforded".
That would mean you have to pay to be healed in the US ?

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scottrallye (May 13, 2008 at 12:04)

We got the best health care, but it's HORRIBLY expensive.

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nouser (May 13, 2008 at 14:42)

but the competition makes things better, more progression faster and less drag on the gov, i dont relay like the socializd care idea, im not saiyng its horribly wrong but we are based on compitition and it isnt the govs job to make sure we take care of ourselve

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bikemonkey (May 14, 2008 at 6:05)

can you afford spinal surgery? health and education should be granted for everyone. everything else should be as you say. but you need to equal the field first, otherwise is just not fair.

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cervo (May 13, 2008 at 4:06)

yes exactly dude... health care is not free like in our country... in France we are over assisted, in the US if you don't have enough money, you don't get the best stuff... it sucks some how...

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nobrain FL (May 13, 2008 at 4:26)

hi the last issue of dirt there is an article her fight and the cost
14,106.3$ 3 hours spent at vail medivalcenter
17,086$ airlift off the mountain
219,157.80 2 weeks stay in the denver health hospital( inc 2 major surgery)
2000$ a day for 3 month at craig hospital (without 6-7 hours of therapy)
?????$ pharmaceutical
1200$ bath seat
500$little shiter and specially adapted and extremely over priced toilet seat
6500$ wheel chair
800$ wheel chair seat cushion

total 438,900.76$

it's painfull for the bank account but i beleive it's even worst for the body

huge Healing vibes and some support
Thank you for this motivation lesson

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lilwalters (May 13, 2008 at 5:37)

there's pros and cons to both systems... here in canada, i've seen people wait months, almost even a year for urgently needed surgery... people can die just waiting... i haven't had anything seriously wrong with myself yet except a few broken bones... on that note, i'd gladly wait 4 or 5 hours in emerg rather than paying assloads of cash

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quentos (May 13, 2008 at 6:09)

Well, Here in france, we don't wait that much and it's almost free even for heavy surgery, glasses, Scans, IRM etc.... A system that heal only the people who can afford it is wrong. Being Ill or injured is unfair enough. But that's not the point. I hope she'll be fine soon

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pipemunky (May 13, 2008 at 6:32)

Much respect for the Collective and the North Van retailers for helping out Tara. It's really amazing when a community comes together to help out an individual's road to recovery!

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UnInc75 (May 13, 2008 at 4:07)

That's it mon gars... vive le systÃ¨me francais.
J ai lu un article oÃ¹ elle disait en avoir eu pour plus de 250 000 euros de frais d'hopital... t'imagines la cata !!! Par chance, ses sponsors l'ont gardÃ©e et elle a pu subvenir a une partie de ses besoins en soin, mais pour info il existe un site de soutien avec nvente de teeshirt et autre...

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nouser (May 13, 2008 at 4:08)

can you speak english please????

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quentos (May 13, 2008 at 5:22)

He was just saying that the cost for surgerey she had was arrond 250000 dollars at the hospital and she will need more money to be healed. and that the sponsors helped her to pay a part of it and they still accepting donations to help her, just as explained in the article. Sad system and sad news though.

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fatbrett3 (May 14, 2008 at 7:37)

quentos for pres. if nothing else you can't rape me politically. thats why i don't vote because eventually they will all inevitably have their way with me and there is nothing that i can do.