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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray_Spear
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_reply
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_Laughter_Epidemic
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete-Encased_High_School_Girl_Murder_Case
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRSA
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones
11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man
14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary
15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubbly_Creek
16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Spanish_Kitchen
17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bonnet_syndrome
18. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markovian_parallax_denigrate
20. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles

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Fast forward a little past the Canadian births of my third and fourth babies. I had better prenatal care than I had ever had in the States. I came in regularly for appointments to check on my health and my babies’ health throughout my pregnancy, and I never had to worry about how much a test cost or how much the blood draw fee was. With my pregnancies in the States, I had limited my checkups to only a handful to keep costs down. When I went in to get the shot I needed because of my negative blood type, it was covered. In fact I got the recommended 2 doses instead of the more risky 1 dose because I didn’t have to worry about the expense. I had a wide array of options and flexibility when it came to my birth, and care providers that were more concerned with my health and the health of my baby than how much money they might make based on my birth, or what might impact their reputation best. When health care is universal, Drs are free to recommend and provide the best care for every patient instead of basing their care on what each patient can afford.

I found out that religious rights were still respected. The Catholic hospital in the area did not provide abortions, and they were not required too. I had an amazing medically safe birth, and excellent post-natal care with midwives who had to be trained, certified and approved by the medical system.

I started to feel differently about Universal government mandated and regulated Health care. I realized how many times my family had avoided hospital care because of our lack of coverage. When I mentioned to Canadians that I had been in a car accident as a teen and hadn’t gone into the hospital, they were shocked! Here, you always went to the hospital, just in case. And the back issue I had since the accident would have been helped by prescribed chiropractic care which would have been at no cost to me. When I asked for prayers for my little brother who had been burned in a camping accident, they were all puzzled why the story did not include immediately rushing him to the hospital. When they asked me to clarify and I explained that many people in the States are not insured and they try to put off medical care unless absolutely needed, they literally could not comprehend such a thing.

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Wow.. I’m not all that into politics, but this made me think of things a little bit differently. Hmmm.

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