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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (32640)	4/9/2008 1:25:56 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 217822

It's not the same in all parts of the country... "I'd believe that. It's probably the same in all countries. usually prefer the variety offered by cities. Consequently, rural area are underserved. That's true here. That's true in Mexico with a national health system. In the really small towns, there is likely nothing. In the small towns, there is probably a national health clinica which is worth your life to walk into. In the large cities and the large tourist areas you can get first-rate medical care." Docs i I've had some great and some negative experiences.. "I too. I throw the negatives back. I went through 5 neurologists before settling on one to treat the sequelea of my stroke. Several docs wouldn't even read the medical records I had given them, which I knew for certain contained info they had to have to begin proper treatment. They got fired." but mostly positive.. and if you speak up.. it helps... "Or maybe not. Some won't listen. More and more here we are going towards a system where the doc is an employee of a humongous corp and is allowed 12 or 15 minutes per patient- -regardless of the complexity of the case. I stay away from those giants and stay with the private practitioners or small groups where a doc can suddenly decide you need 2 hours rather than 15 minutes and isn't going to get reamed for it." but it ain't perfect... far from it care if you were a Party member similar here ... "Eh? What party? :-) You mean if you're PM? Our Prexy and Congresscritters get special treatment too." difference from some jurisdictions is that the poorest schmo doesn't get left out... unless they want to be.. "Eh? They don't here either, in spite of popular belief to the contrary. Any ER is required to stabilize any patient arriving regardless of ability to pay. That's federal law. Then the question of payment arises. You can pay or have insurance, you can stay at that hospital if you wish. If you can't pay, they send you to a public hospital, such as (usually) the county hospital. Medic-aid, a federal program, will pay. Regardless of what Maurice may choose to think, we don't have a strictly private system now. It is mixed." I still vote for public... one of my 'progressive' flaws LOL lesser of evils... "Fine. You are certainly free to wait 6 months for what they deem 'optional' surgery. I don't have to."