Canadian Medical Tourism
Canada’s public health care system promises universal coverage, but it does not guarantee universal access on a universal schedule. Long wait times force some Canadians living in pain to go out of country rather than wait 6 months to a year and a half for surgery for non-life-threatening conditions.
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October 13th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Really?
Amazing- my sister is a nurse in London, Ontario. She tells me of the great benefits of the Canadian system. I’ll talk to her and have her comment on this clip.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Please elaborate on what she has told you.. Define great benefits please, I am really trying to find out what they might be.
October 14th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Another useless attempt by a worthless GOP Research Center to scare the American public. It won’t work. Americans are much smarter then you realize. Republican campaigns are funded largely by insurance companies so this is ‘just business’ for them but to the 46 million Americans without insurance it is about quality of life. This is a system to help them. Healthcare reform will not hurt those insured by private insurers it will help those without any insurance. Cheers to OBAMA!
October 14th, 2009 at 2:49 am
Perhaps the Canadian approach works so well for so many in that country is that the system is set up to treat common, minor problems and ignore the rest so that the patients go to the U.S. for the more expensive, complicated treatments.
Sounds like a low-cost, efficient system that gets it 90% right… as long as treatment is limited to flu shots and prescribing aspirin.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:55 am
I’m trying to find what “great benefits” there are too. All I hear is about the long waits for what they consider “elective” surgery. Really? I think walking isn’t an elective. What about the quality of life?