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"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... You do know that every "first world" country in the world except the U.S.has universal health care, don't you? No sense dwelling on 4.5M when the real number is many hundreds of millions. None of those many countries are going bankrupt as far as I know. --Vic There's a difference between simply "having" universal care and having "good" universal care. I haven't heard too many of our northern neighbors bragging about the quality of their health care system. Eisboch |
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"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Vic Smith" wrote in message ... You do know that every "first world" country in the world except the U.S.has universal health care, don't you? No sense dwelling on 4.5M when the real number is many hundreds of millions. None of those many countries are going bankrupt as far as I know. --Vic There's a difference between simply "having" universal care and having "good" universal care. I haven't heard too many of our northern neighbors bragging about the quality of their health care system. Eisboch Depends what's wrong with you. Having a heart attack?... you're probably as well off up here as Stateside. Need a knee or hip replacement........ be prepared to wait. We have American visitors continually sending letters to our local paper amazed at the quality of care they received while taken ill here. (maybe they expected much worse) As I see it, our system works pretty good most of the time but could be much better if the federal gov't paid their fair share. Small, poorer provinces with aging populations , like Nova Scotia, struggle with the financial burden. This is worstened by having the US next door offering much better salaries/incomes for doctors, nurses and other health professionals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Health_Act |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:04 -0300, Don White wrote:
As I see it, our system works pretty good most of the time but could be much better if the federal gov't paid their fair share. Small, poorer provinces with aging populations , like Nova Scotia, struggle with the financial burden. It's cheaper too. US health care cost amount to over 15% GDP. Canada's are less than 10% GDP. |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:15 -0400, John H. wrote:
It's cheaper too. US health care cost amount to over 15% GDP. Canada's are less than 10% GDP. Could it be cheaper because it's cheap? It could be cheaper because it works more efficiently. You seem to forget, this country isn't barbaric. We *do* pay for indigent and uninsured health care, but it's usually at the emergency room. In this country, the uninsured usually do not have a primary care practitioner to deal with ailments before they become expensive problems. And, if you mean by cheap, it is of lesser quality, you would be wrong. By objective standards, life expectancy, infant mortality, etc. countries with universal health care surpass us. We may have the best emergency health care on this planet, but we do not have the best health care system, just the most expensive. |
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:51:30 -0400, hk wrote:
In indigent care...we sort of have this to a very limited degree in some areas of the country, and for some illnesses, but there are many in need of serious or long-term treatment who are simply turned down or turned away. This is especially true in the arena of mental illness and treatment for addictions. If you read the fine print, many who think they are insured, aren't for many mental illnesses. Insured or not, when dealing with health care, many of us are in for a wake-up call when health care is needed. |
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wrote in message t... On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:15 -0400, John H. wrote: It's cheaper too. US health care cost amount to over 15% GDP. Canada's are less than 10% GDP. Could it be cheaper because it's cheap? It could be cheaper because it works more efficiently. You seem to forget, this country isn't barbaric. We *do* pay for indigent and uninsured health care, but it's usually at the emergency room. In this country, the uninsured usually do not have a primary care practitioner to deal with ailments before they become expensive problems. And, if you mean by cheap, it is of lesser quality, you would be wrong. By objective standards, life expectancy, infant mortality, etc. countries with universal health care surpass us. We may have the best emergency health care on this planet, but we do not have the best health care system, just the most expensive. Part of the cost here as opposed to other countries, is we do most of the major medical research in this country. Other countries just ride the coat tails and do not have the added expense, or just steal the research. |
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