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10 Myths About Canadian Health Care, Busted
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Posted by: bthespoon on Feb 5, 2008 3:31 PM
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Posted by: ciccio on Feb 5, 2008 3:33 PM
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horrible Canadian system of health care. A few years ago, I tripped, fell down the stairs, knocked out cold, woke a few hours later and rushed to the nearest hospital emergency. From the time I entered the emergency to till I got an MRI
was at least 10 minutes. After that was done, they
had the gall to bother me about my name, address,
next of kin and health insurance. My next experience was ,a few months ago, when I woke up,my left hand was lame. Again emergency, another 10 minute wait, it was diagnosed as nerve palsy, I was referred to a neurologist, I
had to wait 3 days to see one.
Last year was my 65th birthday, a few months
before I got a letter from the Ontario ministry of health, I now have to pay $100 per year plus
$7 per prescription for all my medication. That
is as long as I make more that $25,000 per year,
should I not, I would only have to pay $2 per
prescription. Most pharmacies advertise that they will vaive that fee. Now you know the horrid truth about "socialized medicine".
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Posted by: ciccio on Feb 5, 2008 3:34 PM
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horrible Canadian system of health care. A few years ago, I tripped, fell down the stairs, knocked out cold, woke a few hours later and rushed to the nearest hospital emergency. From the time I entered the emergency to till I got an MRI
was at least 10 minutes. After that was done, they
had the gall to bother me about my name, address,
next of kin and health insurance. My next experience was ,a few months ago, when I woke up,my left hand was lame. Again emergency, another 10 minute wait, it was diagnosed as nerve palsy, I was referred to a neurologist, I
had to wait 3 days to see one.
Last year was my 65th birthday, a few months
before I got a letter from the Ontario ministry of health, I now have to pay $100 per year plus
$7 per prescription for all my medication. That
is as long as I make more that $25,000 per year,
should I not, I would only have to pay $2 per
prescription. Most pharmacies advertise that they will vaive that fee. Now you know the horrid truth about "socialized medicine".
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Posted by: saminthemiddle on Feb 5, 2008 3:39 PM
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My common sense tells me it's false but I would like to hear it from a Canadian.
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Posted by: GarrisonPayneLeonard38H on Feb 5, 2008 9:07 PM
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Posted by: NoPCZone on Feb 6, 2008 1:09 AM
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I really don't see any other way. It's time the Democrats take a stand on this issue.
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Posted by: ankhet on Feb 6, 2008 2:41 AM
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» Doctors change with HMO Change and you lose your continuity of care.
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» Yup! Same as here!
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Posted by: eosrk on Feb 6, 2008 5:13 AM
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Posted by: xvictor on Feb 6, 2008 5:47 AM
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Posted by: HeKnew on Feb 6, 2008 6:37 AM
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Because it's obsolete.
Government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Direct Democracy
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Posted by: Happysocialist on Feb 6, 2008 6:50 AM
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In turn public medicare should include legislation suporting public administration, universality, portability, accessibility and comprehensiveness. Half measures avail nothing.
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Posted by: LeaveMeAlone on Feb 6, 2008 6:57 AM
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Posted by: JSquercia on Feb 6, 2008 7:01 AM
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Canada's system may be even BETTER than Medicare . I have a brother who had diabetes for 35 years which created enormous health issues . This past June he suffered a Stroke which left him paralyzed on one side . His kidney's failed and he is on 3 times a week Dialysis . In addition due to the poor blood circulation caused by the Diabetes he has lost both his legs . He is still in the hospital
The Hospital Bill alone even with Medicare is close to 2 MILLION dollars and that is without the surgeon's bills . Medicare ONLY pays for 150 days in the hospital . Had he left and gone to a Nursing Home for a day and then returned to the hospital he would have qualified for another 90 days of Medicaid coverage .
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Posted by: xvictor on Feb 6, 2008 7:31 AM
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I'm not a fan of big government but this is a rare opportunity where government can do a job more efficiently and benefitting the greatest number of people.
I'm on board. When can we start?
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Posted by: steven w on Feb 6, 2008 7:32 AM
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Posted by: brunowe on Feb 6, 2008 8:07 AM
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Finally, Canadian doctors pay lower malpractice insurance fees. When paying for health care constitutes a one of a family's major expenses, expectations tend to run very high. A doctor's mistake not only damages the body; it may very well throw a middle-class family permanently into the ranks of the working poor, and render the victim uninsurable for life. With so much at stake, it's no wonder people are quick to rush to court for redress.
Canadians are far less likely to sue in the first place, since they're not having to absorb devastating financial losses in addition to any physical losses when something goes awry. The cost of the damaging treatment will be covered. So will the cost of fixing it.
The lower medical school costs seem to be something that we can't transition to the US, what effect will that have on a single-payer system in the US. Would increased student-aid to medical students (so they have less debt) be cost-effective?
Although future medical expenses wouldn't add to what is sued for, there is still lost income and a host of other claims. Given the generally less effective safety net that exists in this country overall, wouldn't those still be factors?
I think have "Medicare-for-all" in this country would be fine, I just had a couple of questions.
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Posted by: willyd1962 on Feb 6, 2008 9:11 AM
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2. The canadian goverment put out an average wait list on the internet that I read several weeks ago. There where some really long waits for a lot of things. Many of them were not elective items, such as heart caths, stints and ballon surgerys. These can not wait most of the time.
I also would like to know if Canadians do actually live longer than Americans. That may well be true but I would like to know the fiqures.
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Posted by: ABetterFuture on Feb 6, 2008 9:13 AM
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Again, however, the reasonable level of objectivity on the topic was a breath of fresh air.
*See also, "perpetual wars to perform magical nation building".
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Posted by: willyd1962 on Feb 6, 2008 9:20 AM
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Posted by: redbridge on Feb 6, 2008 10:09 AM
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Posted by: billwald on Feb 6, 2008 10:43 AM
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(Not criticizing Canada. It is a fact of geography. I have 100% confidence in Canada as our friend)
I listen to CBC news. Every election involves arguments over the health care system.
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Posted by: jimsibley2003 on Feb 6, 2008 11:04 AM
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The care was excellent....in Canada we have life saving care not life savings care
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Posted by: fork on Feb 6, 2008 12:08 PM
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From #7:
"Also: pharmacists here dispense what the doctors tell them to dispense, the first time, without moralizing. I know. It's amazing."
I thought that pharmacists could refuse to dispense drugs like Plan B if they're "morally opposed", provided they refer to another pharmacist who will. I don't know what this means for women living in small, conservative towns with only one pharmacist.
And I don't know if this is up to date, but I also thought Plan B wasn't over the counter so much as behind the counter. This means a "consultation" and an additional fee for that "service". I'd call that moralizing.
From #9:
"Canadians are serious about not coming to work if you're contagious. . ."
I know lots of people who will come in to work sick. For those near the bottom of the ladder, it's because the employer does not provide paid sick leave. You no work, you no get paid, and for people barely making it at or near minimum wage, they simply can't afford to not come in. Up the ladder, I also know a few that will come in and infect others - some because they feel they're indispensible and "have" to come in, some because they take pride in saying they haven't missed a day of work in X years.
Still, great article.
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Posted by: 27raptor660 on Feb 6, 2008 1:36 PM
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» RE: You raise a reasonable point. The German system is another model to consider.
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Posted by: radiomorning on Feb 6, 2008 1:36 PM
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The reason is that her plan and those of others will not end the HMO's stranglehold on the US health care system, a system that operates with the sole objective being profit for the insurers, and not care for the sick.
If America wants to take care of its sick, it must look at adopting a system of this type.
Any half-measures taken by Washington on this matter are only to appease the public, who are starting to catch a whiff of just what a heist this system is. Just because you are forced to buy into it, doesn't mean it will work better. We will still have HMO's denying treatment and families emptying their pockets for health care, too scared to use it because the premiums are already killing them financially. The system will not change.
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Posted by: petekod on Feb 6, 2008 1:42 PM
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I've not experienced the US system of healthcare so I'm not in a position to critize but only to relate my experiences with the Canadian health care system.
In my lifetime I've had probably 6 Emergency room visits and never had more then a 30 minute wait. When I needed my gall bladder removed my Doctor asked my level of pain and asked how long did I think I could wait. Given that fatty foods trigger attacks and that I now had to eat healthy I said "as long as you want" and was given I think a P3 rating so I assumed I had months to wait. 2 weeks later I was in.
Other members of my family have had serious and ongoing medical needs that have required long hospital stays, but their needs have always been met.
There are wait lists for everything to be sure - here's the wait list for my province:
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/waitlist/#
There are some long waits, and what the article doesn't really touch on - the lost wages and societal costs of people who are on some of these lists.
For my medical care I pay $58 a month, if I make less money I pay less.
There are problems with the system, just as any system would have but I wouldn't trade it for anything right now.
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Posted by: paddy_corbeil on Feb 6, 2008 2:20 PM
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Beyond that I would like to say that I love our system but as a fellow British Columbian I was a little surprised to see the author so positive about the treatment of the elderly and the homeless/disabled up here. The issues surrounding elder care in BC have been magnified with the quasi privatization moves by our jerk of a priemier Gordon Campbell (Oh yeah, I'm an NDP'er which is kind of like a REALLY left wing Democrat). Also, the concerns for treatment for the disabled are a big issue. Included in this I will put those that are mentally disabled and addicted to drugs. Living in Vancouver the writer must know of the awful conditions faced by drug users in Van's Lower East Side.
I encourage Americans to bring your system into line with ours, on the whole it is a great system, but healthcare is not the magic bullet for society's ills so it is perhaps wise to not tie too much of Canada's happiness and what not with our single payer system.
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Posted by: herbal on Feb 6, 2008 2:32 PM
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We internet hacks are only preaching to the choir at this point.
We need to mount a general strike at Hillary by writing to the editors of small and large newspapers in the states with upcoming primaries.
Write today, esp. with those who are in those states. Get them out today to avert a disaster of the Clinton alliance with Geo Bush Sr, Rupert Murdoch, CITI Bank, etc. etc.
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Posted by: scootenat65 on Feb 6, 2008 2:57 PM
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Why would people want that in the name of private health care when they could get something better?
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Posted by: ciccio on Feb 6, 2008 3:02 PM
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A more damning indictment is the infant mortality rate 6.3 per 100,000 in the US vs.4.8 in Canada.
I am sure every one remembers the bird flu scare,the US govt. stockpiled the virus at a cost of $100 per dose. At the time the Canadian $ was about $.65 US. Out of curiosity I checked with my local pharmacy, one dose, with prescription fee was $ 48 Canadian.
On emergency depts. I should add one thing. You
first go to triage, if they think it is lfe threatening they rush you in. If it is a broken
bone, you can wait a few hours.
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Posted by: hanex on Feb 6, 2008 7:20 PM
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It really bugs me when I see Americans lie about our great health care system. Sure it has problems, but everything does. The truth is that one thing that most Canadians are proud of is our health care system.
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Unable to post the chart in these comments...
So just link to original here.
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» the logic of the article is comprehensible...
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» So the reason health care costs in the US are so high...
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Posted by: davidg on Feb 7, 2008 1:53 PM
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5 years ago I had pneumonia and was off work for 3 wks. Amost hospitalized, but because I was so well taken care by my loved one, the doctor granted my wish and didn't keep me in; However, after many trips and bronchoscopies and pulmonary tests and visits etc in day sessions...I never got a bill. Excellent care.
I have been going to as many as 5 doctors at a time...all by my choice, no government intervention, for different concerns. All excellent professionals.
But yes, Canadians complain about the weaknesses in the system which could be improved with better management and funding, but that's on top of a solid medical infrastructure that supports the whole population. We would improve it, but we wouldn't dump it.
I think we should all study the Europeans and see what they do best...and copy, copy, copy...whatever works. After all, so much was taken from the European philosophes to write the American constitution and nobody feels reduced by that.
It seems most of the folks writing here agree that the Kucinich hope for universal access is the real one. The Health Insurance companies are totally unnecessary parasitic rapacious toll takers at a gate that blocks the citizen from ready access until their shareholders are satisfied. Get rid of them. They are blood suckers and will let you die. And don't wait for the good Sanjay Gupta to save you. He's a corporatist fake.
But, you have to demand it and force the media to ask the right questions. And by the way,where do you think the good doctors who oppose it have their money? Right, I don't know but I am suspicious.
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Posted by: gary_7vn on Feb 8, 2008 8:48 AM
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Posted by: gary_7vn on Feb 8, 2008 9:00 AM
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We took an ambulance to the hospital, (the ambulance took 3-4 minutest to arrive). Once there Dad spent about an hour on a stretcher, after being examined within minutes, he was then taken to a triage area where he had his own bed, separated by curtains from the other patients. They were busy that night and he did not get his own room for about 12 hours. After being admitted he stayed for 10 days in a clean room and got excellent care and attention. He is fine now, and is bowling again. His bill was $150 for the ambulance, but that was picked up by the Dept. of Veteran's affairs as he is a WWII vet. Other than that it was totally free.
My experience is more limited. In 2000 I had a horrendous toothache. I went to emergency and had to wait 6 hours before finally seeing 2 Doctors, they interviewed me for a good 15 minutes before prescribing codeine.
When I want to see my own Doctor, I usually get in in a day or two. I have had her for 15 years, and she is excellent.
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Posted by: Julian on Feb 9, 2008 11:39 PM
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Relevant to the American elections is the performance of Hillary Clinton. Originally during the Clinton presidency she led a move to achieve universal health care but later she sold out to Big Pharma. Much more important than navel-gazinhg over gender. See “Sicko” for the details.
Anyone who can get hold of a DVD of this film (was one made?) would be well advised to share it far and wide by every means fair or foul.
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I hope all is going well with you and your family.
Dee/Mysa
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Posted by: ciccio on Feb 5, 2008 3:33 PM
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horrible Canadian system of health care. A few years ago, I tripped, fell down the stairs, knocked out cold, woke a few hours later and rushed to the nearest hospital emergency. From the time I entered the emergency to till I got an MRI
was at least 10 minutes. After that was done, they
had the gall to bother me about my name, address,
next of kin and health insurance. My next experience was ,a few months ago, when I woke up,my left hand was lame. Again emergency, another 10 minute wait, it was diagnosed as nerve palsy, I was referred to a neurologist, I
had to wait 3 days to see one.
Last year was my 65th birthday, a few months
before I got a letter from the Ontario ministry of health, I now have to pay $100 per year plus
$7 per prescription for all my medication. That
is as long as I make more that $25,000 per year,
should I not, I would only have to pay $2 per
prescription. Most pharmacies advertise that they will vaive that fee. Now you know the horrid truth about "socialized medicine".
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Posted by: ciccio on Feb 5, 2008 3:34 PM
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horrible Canadian system of health care. A few years ago, I tripped, fell down the stairs, knocked out cold, woke a few hours later and rushed to the nearest hospital emergency. From the time I entered the emergency to till I got an MRI
was at least 10 minutes. After that was done, they
had the gall to bother me about my name, address,
next of kin and health insurance. My next experience was ,a few months ago, when I woke up,my left hand was lame. Again emergency, another 10 minute wait, it was diagnosed as nerve palsy, I was referred to a neurologist, I
had to wait 3 days to see one.
Last year was my 65th birthday, a few months
before I got a letter from the Ontario ministry of health, I now have to pay $100 per year plus
$7 per prescription for all my medication. That
is as long as I make more that $25,000 per year,
should I not, I would only have to pay $2 per
prescription. Most pharmacies advertise that they will vaive that fee. Now you know the horrid truth about "socialized medicine".
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My common sense tells me it's false but I would like to hear it from a Canadian.
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I really don't see any other way. It's time the Democrats take a stand on this issue.
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Posted by: HeKnew on Feb 6, 2008 6:37 AM
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Because it's obsolete.
Government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Direct Democracy
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Posted by: Happysocialist on Feb 6, 2008 6:50 AM
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In turn public medicare should include legislation suporting public administration, universality, portability, accessibility and comprehensiveness. Half measures avail nothing.
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Posted by: JSquercia on Feb 6, 2008 7:01 AM
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Canada's system may be even BETTER than Medicare . I have a brother who had diabetes for 35 years which created enormous health issues . This past June he suffered a Stroke which left him paralyzed on one side . His kidney's failed and he is on 3 times a week Dialysis . In addition due to the poor blood circulation caused by the Diabetes he has lost both his legs . He is still in the hospital
The Hospital Bill alone even with Medicare is close to 2 MILLION dollars and that is without the surgeon's bills . Medicare ONLY pays for 150 days in the hospital . Had he left and gone to a Nursing Home for a day and then returned to the hospital he would have qualified for another 90 days of Medicaid coverage .
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Posted by: xvictor on Feb 6, 2008 7:31 AM
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I'm not a fan of big government but this is a rare opportunity where government can do a job more efficiently and benefitting the greatest number of people.
I'm on board. When can we start?
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Posted by: brunowe on Feb 6, 2008 8:07 AM
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Finally, Canadian doctors pay lower malpractice insurance fees. When paying for health care constitutes a one of a family's major expenses, expectations tend to run very high. A doctor's mistake not only damages the body; it may very well throw a middle-class family permanently into the ranks of the working poor, and render the victim uninsurable for life. With so much at stake, it's no wonder people are quick to rush to court for redress.
Canadians are far less likely to sue in the first place, since they're not having to absorb devastating financial losses in addition to any physical losses when something goes awry. The cost of the damaging treatment will be covered. So will the cost of fixing it.
The lower medical school costs seem to be something that we can't transition to the US, what effect will that have on a single-payer system in the US. Would increased student-aid to medical students (so they have less debt) be cost-effective?
Although future medical expenses wouldn't add to what is sued for, there is still lost income and a host of other claims. Given the generally less effective safety net that exists in this country overall, wouldn't those still be factors?
I think have "Medicare-for-all" in this country would be fine, I just had a couple of questions.
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Posted by: willyd1962 on Feb 6, 2008 9:11 AM
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2. The canadian goverment put out an average wait list on the internet that I read several weeks ago. There where some really long waits for a lot of things. Many of them were not elective items, such as heart caths, stints and ballon surgerys. These can not wait most of the time.
I also would like to know if Canadians do actually live longer than Americans. That may well be true but I would like to know the fiqures.
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Posted by: ABetterFuture on Feb 6, 2008 9:13 AM
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Again, however, the reasonable level of objectivity on the topic was a breath of fresh air.
*See also, "perpetual wars to perform magical nation building".
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Posted by: billwald on Feb 6, 2008 10:43 AM
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(Not criticizing Canada. It is a fact of geography. I have 100% confidence in Canada as our friend)
I listen to CBC news. Every election involves arguments over the health care system.
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Posted by: jimsibley2003 on Feb 6, 2008 11:04 AM
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The care was excellent....in Canada we have life saving care not life savings care
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Posted by: fork on Feb 6, 2008 12:08 PM
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From #7:
"Also: pharmacists here dispense what the doctors tell them to dispense, the first time, without moralizing. I know. It's amazing."
I thought that pharmacists could refuse to dispense drugs like Plan B if they're "morally opposed", provided they refer to another pharmacist who will. I don't know what this means for women living in small, conservative towns with only one pharmacist.
And I don't know if this is up to date, but I also thought Plan B wasn't over the counter so much as behind the counter. This means a "consultation" and an additional fee for that "service". I'd call that moralizing.
From #9:
"Canadians are serious about not coming to work if you're contagious. . ."
I know lots of people who will come in to work sick. For those near the bottom of the ladder, it's because the employer does not provide paid sick leave. You no work, you no get paid, and for people barely making it at or near minimum wage, they simply can't afford to not come in. Up the ladder, I also know a few that will come in and infect others - some because they feel they're indispensible and "have" to come in, some because they take pride in saying they haven't missed a day of work in X years.
Still, great article.
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Posted by: radiomorning on Feb 6, 2008 1:36 PM
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The reason is that her plan and those of others will not end the HMO's stranglehold on the US health care system, a system that operates with the sole objective being profit for the insurers, and not care for the sick.
If America wants to take care of its sick, it must look at adopting a system of this type.
Any half-measures taken by Washington on this matter are only to appease the public, who are starting to catch a whiff of just what a heist this system is. Just because you are forced to buy into it, doesn't mean it will work better. We will still have HMO's denying treatment and families emptying their pockets for health care, too scared to use it because the premiums are already killing them financially. The system will not change.
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Posted by: petekod on Feb 6, 2008 1:42 PM
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I've not experienced the US system of healthcare so I'm not in a position to critize but only to relate my experiences with the Canadian health care system.
In my lifetime I've had probably 6 Emergency room visits and never had more then a 30 minute wait. When I needed my gall bladder removed my Doctor asked my level of pain and asked how long did I think I could wait. Given that fatty foods trigger attacks and that I now had to eat healthy I said "as long as you want" and was given I think a P3 rating so I assumed I had months to wait. 2 weeks later I was in.
Other members of my family have had serious and ongoing medical needs that have required long hospital stays, but their needs have always been met.
There are wait lists for everything to be sure - here's the wait list for my province:
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/waitlist/#
There are some long waits, and what the article doesn't really touch on - the lost wages and societal costs of people who are on some of these lists.
For my medical care I pay $58 a month, if I make less money I pay less.
There are problems with the system, just as any system would have but I wouldn't trade it for anything right now.
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Posted by: paddy_corbeil on Feb 6, 2008 2:20 PM
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Beyond that I would like to say that I love our system but as a fellow British Columbian I was a little surprised to see the author so positive about the treatment of the elderly and the homeless/disabled up here. The issues surrounding elder care in BC have been magnified with the quasi privatization moves by our jerk of a priemier Gordon Campbell (Oh yeah, I'm an NDP'er which is kind of like a REALLY left wing Democrat). Also, the concerns for treatment for the disabled are a big issue. Included in this I will put those that are mentally disabled and addicted to drugs. Living in Vancouver the writer must know of the awful conditions faced by drug users in Van's Lower East Side.
I encourage Americans to bring your system into line with ours, on the whole it is a great system, but healthcare is not the magic bullet for society's ills so it is perhaps wise to not tie too much of Canada's happiness and what not with our single payer system.
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Posted by: herbal on Feb 6, 2008 2:32 PM
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We internet hacks are only preaching to the choir at this point.
We need to mount a general strike at Hillary by writing to the editors of small and large newspapers in the states with upcoming primaries.
Write today, esp. with those who are in those states. Get them out today to avert a disaster of the Clinton alliance with Geo Bush Sr, Rupert Murdoch, CITI Bank, etc. etc.
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Why would people want that in the name of private health care when they could get something better?
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A more damning indictment is the infant mortality rate 6.3 per 100,000 in the US vs.4.8 in Canada.
I am sure every one remembers the bird flu scare,the US govt. stockpiled the virus at a cost of $100 per dose. At the time the Canadian $ was about $.65 US. Out of curiosity I checked with my local pharmacy, one dose, with prescription fee was $ 48 Canadian.
On emergency depts. I should add one thing. You
first go to triage, if they think it is lfe threatening they rush you in. If it is a broken
bone, you can wait a few hours.
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Posted by: hanex on Feb 6, 2008 7:20 PM
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It really bugs me when I see Americans lie about our great health care system. Sure it has problems, but everything does. The truth is that one thing that most Canadians are proud of is our health care system.
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Unable to post the chart in these comments...
So just link to original here.
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Posted by: davidg on Feb 7, 2008 1:53 PM
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5 years ago I had pneumonia and was off work for 3 wks. Amost hospitalized, but because I was so well taken care by my loved one, the doctor granted my wish and didn't keep me in; However, after many trips and bronchoscopies and pulmonary tests and visits etc in day sessions...I never got a bill. Excellent care.
I have been going to as many as 5 doctors at a time...all by my choice, no government intervention, for different concerns. All excellent professionals.
But yes, Canadians complain about the weaknesses in the system which could be improved with better management and funding, but that's on top of a solid medical infrastructure that supports the whole population. We would improve it, but we wouldn't dump it.
I think we should all study the Europeans and see what they do best...and copy, copy, copy...whatever works. After all, so much was taken from the European philosophes to write the American constitution and nobody feels reduced by that.
It seems most of the folks writing here agree that the Kucinich hope for universal access is the real one. The Health Insurance companies are totally unnecessary parasitic rapacious toll takers at a gate that blocks the citizen from ready access until their shareholders are satisfied. Get rid of them. They are blood suckers and will let you die. And don't wait for the good Sanjay Gupta to save you. He's a corporatist fake.
But, you have to demand it and force the media to ask the right questions. And by the way,where do you think the good doctors who oppose it have their money? Right, I don't know but I am suspicious.
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Posted by: gary_7vn on Feb 8, 2008 9:00 AM
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We took an ambulance to the hospital, (the ambulance took 3-4 minutest to arrive). Once there Dad spent about an hour on a stretcher, after being examined within minutes, he was then taken to a triage area where he had his own bed, separated by curtains from the other patients. They were busy that night and he did not get his own room for about 12 hours. After being admitted he stayed for 10 days in a clean room and got excellent care and attention. He is fine now, and is bowling again. His bill was $150 for the ambulance, but that was picked up by the Dept. of Veteran's affairs as he is a WWII vet. Other than that it was totally free.
My experience is more limited. In 2000 I had a horrendous toothache. I went to emergency and had to wait 6 hours before finally seeing 2 Doctors, they interviewed me for a good 15 minutes before prescribing codeine.
When I want to see my own Doctor, I usually get in in a day or two. I have had her for 15 years, and she is excellent.
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Posted by: Julian on Feb 9, 2008 11:39 PM
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Relevant to the American elections is the performance of Hillary Clinton. Originally during the Clinton presidency she led a move to achieve universal health care but later she sold out to Big Pharma. Much more important than navel-gazinhg over gender. See “Sicko” for the details.
Anyone who can get hold of a DVD of this film (was one made?) would be well advised to share it far and wide by every means fair or foul.
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» RE: It's so easy. Just start googling. You'll see how poorly the US stacks up.
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» RE: It's so easy. Just start googling. You'll see how poorly the US stacks up.
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» RE: It's so easy: It's about income inequality
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Posted by: mysanal on Feb 12, 2008 8:51 AM
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I hope all is going well with you and your family.
Dee/Mysa
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