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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (11740)	7/18/2004 5:11:50 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Never said Canada was a third world country. Those are your words. What I said is that there is less money in Canada...your post backed that up. Incomes are lower in Canada. Prices for many services including Medical are lower. I read the article posted by BCB. The stats in the article are skewed by the fact that we know nothing of the kinds of treatments that they are talking about. Canada does have a problem with providing some highend treatments. At the same time the kind of treatments that are referenced for the US are probably emergency treatments, or problems that would have likely been detected at an early stage if patients had regular doctor visits. Both countries have problems. But Canada's system does a good job of providing everyday needs. It falls down in some of the more expensive treatments. The US system is the opposite. It falls down in everyday and preventative treatment but excells in state of the art expensive treatments. The reason for that is not only economics. We have many great institutions and universities that contribute to that. I think we can maintain the best of our system, while adopting the best of Canadian style care as well. I need to see a doctor right now. But I won't go because it will be too expensive for my budget. My family comes first. My minor problem will have to go unattended. If I were Canadian I could go to the doctor. But even in times when I have been insured I hesitated to get treatment because of the high deductable, lack of choice of physician and partial drug coverage. The truth of the matter is that our system is full of problems. The HMO's and the lawyers love it though. I think we need to rethink our healthcare delivery system. It would be good to phase in changes so they could be evaluated and adjusted. I wouldn't mind paying in to a national healthcare system if it can give me good health care. I prefer that to sending my money to the insurance companies so that I might be covered in catastrophic cases only. Our system sucks. It's good for the rich people, I guess. But for working dopes like me with a family to support, it just doesn't work well at all. Orca