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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (2225)	10/18/2007 12:00:47 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"Most medical tourists are not coming to the US, they are going to emerging countries like India " Patients in countries with socialized medicine who will not live long enough to make it to their scheduled procedures are traveling. The ones who cannot afford quality care are traveling to third world countries as you suggest. The ones who can afford better care are traveling to the US to give themselves the best chance for survival. Britain and Canada are two top origins for medical tourists bound for the US. Canadians seeking medical care in the US: Message 23739469 Canadian Prime Minister (and Bill Clinton’s girlfriend) travels to US for medical care: Message 23882600 "The impact on the homegrown supply of doctors and nurses is equally compelling. The U.K. must import a significant number of doctors to staff its NHS facilities. Medicine, as a career choice, has lost much of its appeal to native born citizens, many of whom don’t view NHS employment as a rewarding option. And doctors already in practice are turning to the private sector for more desirable working conditions and income. In 2003, over two-thirds of doctors registering to practice in the U.K. were from overseas, the vast majority from non-European countries." Message 23874663 I read a recent report about the state of the British medical system. Apparently people are performing dental extractions at home because they cannot find dentists who will work for the socialized system. Another recent report detailed a growing trend for British citizens to travel to New York to obtain medical procedures which are either unavailable at home or with prohibitive waits.