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Sickest Canadians Face the Highest Barriers to Care
CTV of Canada reports: “Canadians with chronic conditions are frequent users of the health-care system, but a new report shows many experience considerable difficulty getting the medical treatment they need.” Continue reading
Canada: the soul-destroying search for a family doctor
Journalist Gloria Galloway relates her exhausting search for a family doctor in Ottawa, Canada. Colorado also has a shortage of primary care docs. Will the woes of Canadian patients come to Colorado? Continue reading
Canada: 18-month wait for spinal surgery
Question on Canada’s Globe & Mail “Ask a Health Expert”: “My father-in-law needs cervical decompression surgery. He’s been told it will be 12 to 18 months and that the only way he will get the operation sooner is if he degrades further, potentially to the point of paralysis. …” Continue reading
Canada’s provinces try to curb health care costs, patients don’t know prices
Reuters reports on health care in Canada: Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada’s provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popular … Continue reading
AP: “Canadian official seeks heart surgery in US”
A reminder that universal health coverage does not mean you get the medical care you need. From the Associated Press, Feb. 5: ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland — The premier of Canada’s east coast province is undergoing heart surgery in the United … Continue reading
Will health care bill bring Canadian horror stories to U.S. patients?
The Independence Institute has two new videos in its series on Obama’s health care policy proposals (as proposed by Congressional Democrats). These are two testimonials from Canadian patients who suffered while waiting months and years for medical treatment. Is this … Continue reading
In Canada: A Private health care option
From the Los Angeles Times: In British Columbia, private clinics and surgical centers are capitalizing on patients who might otherwise pay for faster treatment in the U.S. The courts will consider their legality next month. … Hoping to capitalize on … Continue reading
Waiting 19 hours for emergency care in Canada
From Unfinished business, Report Card on Wait Times in Canada, published by the Wait Time Alliance: the median wait time for patients requiring an inpatient bed-that is, from the time the patient presented at the ED [emergency department] to the … Continue reading
Having a health care “system” is the problem
Rhonda Hackett writes in the Denver Post that as a Canadian living in the United States, many ask her “to declare one health care system as the better one.” But the very question assumes politicians should create a “system” to … Continue reading
Canadian gov’t: “no freestanding constitutional right to health care”
Bottom line: The province of British Columbia claims that there is constitutional right to health care. Yet, it’s illegal to pay a doctor for services for medical care that’s covered by the government plan. But why would you do that? … Continue reading
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