The Canadian 29 year old Sarah Burke died yesterday from her injury as I reported; her injury from practicing for a competition on the sky half-pike (I think it is known as) sport, in the USA.
She was in a USA hospital for 9 days. The sports federation she belonged to .... well it did not cover her for this one as it was a "private" competition, whatever all that is about .... technicalities of the "sports world" or whatever.
So the bill for her USA hospital cost was about 200 thousand dollars. I guess it was mentioned around the world, and would you believe WITHIN 12 HOURS the world sent 240 thousand dollars for her family to cover the USA hospital cost. The family has told the world please do not send any more money....WOW....now that is quite something....that the people of the world would in 12 hours send 240 thousand dollars. The money left will go into a "trust-fund" for serve other athletes.
Sarah was one of the main people that pushed the Olympic "people in power" to allow the "women" the sky-half-pike in the next Winter Olympics.
I know some are wondering if such "tricky-skilled" sports should be done at all. But then where would you draw the line; I mean I guess you could get killed playing Football, Soccer, Hockey, Baseball, Cricket, Golf .... I mean freak things happen, people fall off their bike and kill themselves, or off a horse.
Now back to the 200 thousand dollars hospital bill in the USA. If she had been in Canada or Britain there would have been no 200 thousand dollar bill.
Oh I know people like Mark Steyn and thousands, maybe tens of thousands, I guess millions really, in the USA think Canada is "socialistic" country because we have a National Health Care System, that is not perfect for sure (one young Canadian lady I know is going through to be a nurse, but doing it in Britain; she says the British Medical System is far batter than the Canadian one), but it would not have cost the Burke family 200 thousand dollars for Sarah's 9 days in the hospital if it had happened in Canada.
The USA despite their so-called "freedom" and vanity to proclaim it, they are not really that free. Why they have an "inheritance tax" (so do a lot of countries they tell me) but we Canadians HAVE NO SUCH THING! How about that for freedom people of the USA.
My Dad has been in the hospital since December 5th 2011 after his "stroke" - they look after him just super good. He will remain there until they find him a 24/7 care facility, and it is not costing him or I one cent!! I've even offered (as now being his power of attorney) to pay them the $900 (it's based on his income) it will cost him when he goes into the 24/7 care facility. They so far said he does not have to pay anything.
NOW THAT IS FREEDOM!!!
The USA is NOT FREE in many ways. Two ways I've mentioned .... hospitalization and inheritance tax.
They are not free in many other ways also. Mr. Romney who is running to be the Republican's guy to run on the White House, said last week when asked about "money he gets from 'speeches'" answered "Well it's not much." His "not much" turned out to be $350,000 - 350 plus thousand dollars. Ya he's free to think 350 plus thousand dollars ain't much.
The USA is not free in many ways, because they have turned their back on true "Christian religion" which they never had much of to begin with. But what little they once had they have thrown out of the window, and though the Republicans are supposed to be the party of "Christianity" and doubt if ANY of the guys left running to be their champion, have a clue about what the Bible says, let alone trying to live by its every word as Jesus taught we should (Matt.4:4).
Well it was the kindness of the world's people that paid for the hospital bill for Sarah Burke, and not the so-called "free" USA.
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