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To: Win Smith who wrote (32666)	6/19/2002 3:23:56 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Win, I am Canadian and I would like to see your backup for the >90% figure. The health care system is the number 1 or number 2 political issue in Canada right now. There are undeniable signs of breakdown in the system today. I live in Toronto and it is very difficult to get a GP right now. When a new GP opens a practice it is usually full in less than a year. 25% of the ER's in Toronto have been closed in the past 5 years. I am ADD. There is one Adult ADD specialist in Ontario. Remember, Toronto is the fifth largest metropolitan city in North America. There is a market. Why is there only one? You can't charge for the specialty. The one specialist moved his office from Toronto to a small city north of the city where the cost of operating his clinic and the cost of living are very low. I drive 1 1/2 hours each way once a month to see him. It takes 2/3 of a business day. I hope you don't need to see him. His practise filled four months after he opened it. There are bidding wars in mid-sized cities to attract GP's to the city. With all the current shortages, med school enrollment has declined for a decade and a smaller number of med students specialize. We graduate fewer surgeons, psychiatrists, pediatricians, ob/gyn, ... specialists every year. With the baby boomers aging how is this going to work in 10 years? I would say that the health care system works well for the average person right. It starts to breakdown when you get sick. The demographic trends look bad right now and I am concerned about how the system will function in 10 years. Paul