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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (73)	1/12/2005 2:34:20 PM
From: fresc	Read Replies (1) of 42652

How is this.. Costs matter: But in the US costs really matter. Over a quarter of Americans had out-of-pocket costs of over $1,000, compared to less than 5% of Canadians. Americans were two to five times more likely than Canadians to have an access problem due to cost, such as not getting a needed drug or not seeing a doctor. And when you look at those with below average incomes, in Canada only 9% failed to get recommended follow up care due to cost. In the US, over one third did not. More than a quarter of Americans (26%)--including 39% of those with below average incomes--didn't fill a prescription because of costs, more than twice the number than in Canada. 21% of Americans have problems paying medical bills compared to only 5% in Canada, and that goes for 35% of Americans with below average incomes. So on a macro level it's true that nationally Canadians sacrifice getting access to expensive resources (such as MRIs and surgeons). But in turn they don't have to put up with the individual cost issues that are a problem for many Americans, especially the poorer ones.

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