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

To: gg cox who wrote (7621)	7/19/2009 11:32:55 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

In Canada, the government has absolutely no say in who gets care or how they get it. That cannot possibly be true. I'm sure that some Canadian authority has determined which meds are available, procedures approved, etc. And which facilities are available with which and how much capacity. Sounds like a lot of "say" to me. If the point is that no Canadian authority reviews and approves or disapproves individual doctors' prescriptions, sure, but that's not the same as having no say.

To: gg cox who wrote (7621)	7/19/2009 2:21:38 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

the only people in Canada to do so are physicians.In Canada, the government has absolutely no say in who gets care or how they get it. Medical decisions are left entirely up to doctors, as they should be. OH, BS. The provincial governments call the shots. There are no requirements for pre-authorization whatsoever. If your family doctor says you need an MRI, you get one. Eventually. In the U.S., if an insurance administrator says you are not getting an MRI, you don't get one no matter what your doctor thinks — unless, of course, you have the money to cover the cost. """ I know a guy who left Calgary with a back problem because it was going to take forever to get diagnosed there. He had surgery in Houston before he would have gotten an MRI in Canada.