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Re: A question for my Canadian pals
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:32:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Kollross wrote:
> A long wait for an MRI is not uncommon. This is due to the lack of facilities.
> Several private clinics have opened where you can have one done but you have to
> pay big bucks. Professional athletes and people with more money than god have
> the option of getting a MRI there.
That's kind of how the knucklehead had characterized it. In my view, it's a
question of most-widespread benefit. If 90% of the population has access to
good health care, then that's great, even if access to certain procedures is
limited. On the other hand, I've never needed an MRI, so that service is, to
date and in practical terms, irrelevant to me. I'd rather have my routine
medical costs covered, even if it means that an uncommon procedure is made less
accessible to me.
> Our healthcare system is not perfect and long waits at hospitals is not uncommon
> - 8 hours to get my finger stitched - but the price is right.
Really, that's not all that different from the US system. A few years ago a
friend cut his arm on a can, and he had to wait six hours at the ER before being
treated. Another young coworker was taken to the ER for heart palpitations in
the months after her gastric bypass surgery, and she had to wait three hours for
treatment. I no of almost no one who, upon entering the ER under their own
power, received prompt treatment.
> *To say its free is not exactly accurate. All Canadians pay healthcare premiums
> but they are $20-$30 a month if I recall correctly.
Wow! $20 or $30 per month is a fraction of what I'm paying right now!
Thanks to you and Dave K for the info.
Dave!
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| (...) It would depend on which procedures, right? This columnist is no doubt biased and has chosen a nice sounding factoid from a friendly source: (URL) Fraser Institute points out that patients in that country (which is still held up as a model for (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not sure our health care system is communist but its free*. A long wait for an MRI is not uncommon. This is due to the lack of facilities. Several private clinics have opened where you can have one done but you have to pay big bucks. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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