My ex has lived with and under the Canadian system for almost 30 years,
with some serious health problems along the way, and would never EVER
trade it in for the U.S. system. Since she spends several months a year
in Arizona, and has a lot of experience with both systems, I will bow to
her expertise.....
Bill
Slightly Classics
Tucson
Jim Johnson wrote:
> Buster wrote:
> <snip>
>> Because it is "socialized medicine" does not mean it is "free". Every
>> worker there has to pay "National Insurance" based on their salary. I
>> was comparing costs with friends and relatives over there, and many of
>> them found they were paying more for their National Insurance than I was
>> for an HMO here. Of course, there is also the horrendous waiting
>> lists. When I had my recent surgery, the surgeon had trained at London
>> Hospital and guaranteed I would have waited a minimum of 6-8 months for
>> the same surgery in England.
> <snip>
>
> This is a very good argument for NOT going to a national health plan
> in the
> US like the one in England and Canada. I remember this back in the 1960s
> when I lived in England and my wife was British. What a nightmare it was!
> I've tried repeatedly to explain to the national health care program
> advocates
> in this country that they aren't getting the full story about these
> systems!!
> THe other thing which Buster doesn't mention here is that doctors under
> these systems make considerably less money therefore there is no
> incentive in those countries to become a doctor and many who do chose
> that profession end up emmigrating to the US where they can make a
> good living (after paying outrageous malpractice insurance fees!).
> What they
> end up with is only a hand full of doctors that are of quality and
> each doctor
> has to see literally thousands of patients!
>
> Remember this the next time you hear a politician tout the Canadian or
> British National Health systems as what we should emulate. She was
> operating on only half the facts before when she suggested this. ;-)
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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