Most of the criticisms leveled at the Canadian health system in fact are true of th US system. I have to wait a long time to see any specialist and all my GP seems to be authorized to do is write referrals.
Thanks for this article. I love reading stuff like this, since my future lies in health care administration. At least that's what I'm getting my degree in. ;)
The advantages I see to Canadian over American health care is knowing what to expect financially, and better access (depending on province). (I'm assuming all provinces charge the same premiums.) There's so much variation among the insured in America. While (the author talked about paying a car payment in monthly premiums, I'm paying less than $100 for two adults. (Of course, I'm the exception rather than the rule. I have crazy-good insurance. I usually wait between one day and two weeks to see any doctor, GP or specialist.)
The problem with American politics and health care is that politicians use "fixing" health care as a talking point. This leads many Americans to wrongly believe that there is a magic bullet or solution that will give everyone affordable access to care whenever they want it. There's no such things. Even Canada's system, which is better all things considered, has flaws. Americans want/expect a perfect system, and there's no such thing nor will there ever be.
And just a side note on MRI's...most large American cities will have more MRI machines than all of Canada. I can see where that's the most common thing Canadians border-hop for.
BTW, how do you feel about Ontario? I had a LJ buddy who used to live in ON recently go through the system in BC for the flu, and she talked about how much better BC was.
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The advantages I see to Canadian over American health care is knowing what to expect financially, and better access (depending on province). (I'm assuming all provinces charge the same premiums.) There's so much variation among the insured in America. While (the author talked about paying a car payment in monthly premiums, I'm paying less than $100 for two adults. (Of course, I'm the exception rather than the rule. I have crazy-good insurance. I usually wait between one day and two weeks to see any doctor, GP or specialist.)
The problem with American politics and health care is that politicians use "fixing" health care as a talking point. This leads many Americans to wrongly believe that there is a magic bullet or solution that will give everyone affordable access to care whenever they want it. There's no such things. Even Canada's system, which is better all things considered, has flaws. Americans want/expect a perfect system, and there's no such thing nor will there ever be.
And just a side note on MRI's...most large American cities will have more MRI machines than all of Canada. I can see where that's the most common thing Canadians border-hop for.
BTW, how do you feel about Ontario? I had a LJ buddy who used to live in ON recently go through the system in BC for the flu, and she talked about how much better BC was.
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