On 4/10/2016 1:55 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 12:30:28 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 10/04/2016 11:28 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On 4/10/2016 11:15 AM, wrote:
>>>> even a street person is guaranteed medical attention.
>>>
>>> Which is why you hosers head to the US for care...
>>>
>> Balls! What happens is that a few who are impatient or
>> think the sun shines out of their collective arses go
>> abroad and on their return USE THE CANADIAN SYSTEM TO
>> CORRECT EVERYTHING!!!!!!!
>
> That is one area where I think they should be told, take it back to
> the person who did it.

http://watchdog.org/208299/canadians-flee-health-care/
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Right to care doesn’t mean one gets it

Notwithstanding this exceptional case, Quebec and Canada perform rather
poorly in health outcomes. In fact, those outcomes are inferior to those
measured in the U.S.

For example, remission rates for breast and prostate cancer are higher
in the U.S. than Canada, and the at-risk population doesn’t get
preventive screening as often in Canada.

It’s easy to understand why: it’s Economics 101 at work. Since medical
care is “free” in Canada–making up about 50 percent of provincial
budgets–governments have to ration care in order to control costs. This
rationing explains why medical imaging machines are used less
frequently, both for hours of operation and on a per capita basis in
Canada compared to the U.S., but also why waiting times are dangerously
long in the E.R.–an average of 17 hours, compared to eight hours in Utah.

That is, of course, unless one has the right connections, which happened
to me at least twice. Thanks to my mother, who was an assistant nurse at
the time, I was able to get medical imaging done on me in the evening.
Without her help, I don’t know how long I would have had to wait for
this (non-urgent) operation. She also helped me get in contact with a
surgeon for another (non-urgent) operation which, once again, could have
taken months before I got it.

In short, while “newspeak liberals” will not hear it, the Canadian
health care system is not a model to be followed for the U.S. or any
other nation. Unless one’s life is in immediate danger, one is
rightfully called “patient” in Canada since you are bound to wait for a
very, very long time: I would have had to wait three months to see my
family doctor when I last tried in 2013 for an annual checkup.