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 States this week because the treatment he is seeking was not ...
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 what awaits patients in the U.S.? After all, advocates of ...
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.
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Hoping to capitalize on patients who might otherwise go to the U.S. for speedier care, a network ...
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 time they were admitted to an inpatient bed-was 19 hours (average ...
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 run health care. By contrast, there's no "system" for shoes ...
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? Maybe if you want the care now, instead of waiting ...
On April 14 the Denver Post published an excellent letter by Tish Jeffers of Centennial. Excellent work, Tish!
Re: “Look to Canada for single-payer success,” April 11 letter to the editor.
So, Timothy Snowden, who visits Canada often, has polled the entire population about their single-payer health system? He hit the nail ...
I'm not about to defend health care the the United States, which is very much socialized as it is. Given the FDA, the tax treatment of insurance responsible for employer-based insurance, over-consumption and much of the pre-existing condition issue, not being able to buy insurance available in other states, and ...
From an AP story last week:
... questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.
The province of Quebec lacks a medical helicopter system, common in the United States and other parts of Canada, to airlift stricken patients to major trauma centers. Montreal's ...
