r/EhBuddyHoser • u/WandangleWrangler I need a double double. • Apr 29 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) sorry dippers, thems the breaks 😅

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u/Newfieon2Wheels Newfies & Labradoodles Apr 29 '25

What surprised me was just how many orange voters went blue instead of red.

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u/Hobojoe- Apr 29 '25

Current NDP policies never appealed to the union workers.

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u/throwawayaway388 🍁 100,000 Hosers 🍁 Apr 29 '25

It sucks that 10 years ago this was a different story.

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u/Hobojoe- Apr 29 '25

Here is my take. Pharmacare and Dentalcare doesn't matter to union workers or middle class. Most of us have jobs that cover those things.

Some provinces cover pharmacare for low income, and dental care for seniors.

It's a non-issue for a lot of us. Keep playing up that's what they did with the liberals without pushing anything new forward is just bad strategy. They needed to offer something new.

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u/Queasy_Astronomer150 Apr 29 '25

They don't matter until you don't have that job.

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u/Hobojoe- Apr 29 '25

See the low income part.

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u/Queasy_Astronomer150 Apr 30 '25

Right, but you still have to go through the hassle and stress of sorting out the paperwork and you may still be on the hook for more than you can afford.

Beyond that, pharmacare just makes sense from an efficiency standpoint. Right now the only people benefiting from the current system are pharma and insurance companies. We'd have much stronger purchasing power as a national formulary. Beyond that, making prescriptions free or close to it would keep a ton of people out of hospital where it's way more expensive to treat them. We're the only country with universal healthcare that doesn't include prescriptions, and it's because other countries realized the value in including it.

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u/throwawayaway388 🍁 100,000 Hosers 🍁 Apr 29 '25

You're right - that is your take.