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Topic: Umbilical cords
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CourtneyGQuinn
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posted 12 November 2005 10:32 PM
did you have a child recently?...will you being having a child soon?....will/did you save your newborns umbilical cord?from what i know, only the Alberta and Quebec health care systems give parents the option of saving/banking/keeping the stem cells in umbilical cords...without cost....in every other province you have to pay out of pocket to bank your childs umbilical cord to me this issue seems like a no-brainer for any politician/political party that wants to talk about the unfairness of the Canada Health Act....if you're poor and living outside of Alberta and Quebec, your kids are going to pay a future price for not having a bank of stem cells.... private umbilical banks throughout Canada versus public umbilical banks in Alberta/Quebec = truly not fair....if you're going to be having a child and you live near the Quebec/Alberta border....do your child a favour and give birth to the child in those provinces...politicians in the other provinces couldn't give a shit about the future health of your child.. Paul Martin said he wanted to "fix healthcare for a generation"...why didn't he insist that the 10's of billions the feds would give the provinces for health care MUST be used for banking umbilcal cords of the next generation?.... fucking do-nothing politicians do this...build big freezers outside of hospitals in Newfoundland, Ontario, Nunavut, BC, ect....give parents the option to bank their childs umbilical cord if you're going to be having a baby soon and you live outside of Alberta/Quebec and you can't afford to pay thousands to bank your childs umbilical cord....call/email/write your MP, MLA, media outlet and demand they do something....FAST!!!!
From: Winnipeg | Registered: Feb 2004
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CourtneyGQuinn
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posted 12 November 2005 11:49 PM
Toedancer---perhaps i misunderstand you....are you saying that -being from Ontario- you can request that your childs umbilical cord can be banked free of charge?....from what i know (as little as that is...) only Alberta and Quebec publically finance the storing/banking/keeping of umbilical cords.... the crux of my arguement is that it's unfair that banking umbilical cords in Alberta/Quebec is publically subsidized more so then in other provinces....perhaps i'm wrong i read in another one of your posts that you have a child....do you keep that childs umbilical cord?....was it even an option (a publically subsidized option)?
From: Winnipeg | Registered: Feb 2004
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