Stossel, Sick in America, Part 3

Continued from Part 2.

Topics:

  • Is “free” medical care in France, Germany, Britain, and Canada is really wonderful?
  • When products are free at the point of service, demand goes through the roof. People pay by waiting.
  • England: 18 week wait for hospital care, people lined about around the block for dental care, or pull teeth themselves. ”Don’t wash the sheets, just turn them over.”
  • Doctor protests in France and Germany: government holds down costs by paying doctors less.
  • Interview with David Gratzer, author of The Cure.  Wait times in Canada.
  • Hey Michael Moore, Canadians live longer for reasons unrelated to health care.
  • Bill Clinton: “Canada is a good model for where the 21st-Century world needs to go.”
  • Canadians waiting for medical care and finding family doctors. Town lottery for seeing a doctor.
  • Growing demand for private clinics in Canada. Some are illegal.
  • Rick Baker, Timely Medical.  “Elective surgery.”
  • One place in Canada where you can get fast access to life-saving technology – if you’re a dog! CT scan wait time is one day, as opposed to a month for people.

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