Why Canadians love their healthcare system

[Chris]

I'm both a health-care-card-carrying Canadian resident and an uninsured American citizen who regularly sees doctors on both sides of the border. As such, I'm in a unique position to address the pros and cons of both systems first-hand. If we're going to have this conversation, it would be great if we could start out (for once) with actual facts, instead of ideological posturing, wishful thinking, hearsay, and random guessing about how things get done up here.

To that end, here's the first of a two-part series aimed at busting the common myths Americans routinely tell each other about Canadian health care. When the right-wing hysterics drag out these hoary old bogeymen, this time, we need to be armed and ready to blast them into straw. Because, mostly, straw is all they're made of.

1. Canada's health care system is "socialized medicine."
False.

Mythbusting Canadian Health Care -- Part I | OurFuture.org

 

[Oddball]

Move to Canada...Problem solved.

 

[Chris]

Move to Canada...Problem solved.

We thought about it, but it's too cold.

 

[California Girl]

Move to Canada...Problem solved.

We thought about it, but it's too cold.

Tough shit for you.

I live in the UK. I pay towards their NHS and am entitled to use it. I don't. I have private health insurance cuz their system is shit.

 

[Missourian]

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[Oddball]

Move to Canada...Problem solved.

We thought about it, but it's too cold.

Waaawaaawaaa.....Doesn't your life just suck?

 

[Political Junky]

I'm both a health-care-card-carrying Canadian resident and an uninsured American citizen who regularly sees doctors on both sides of the border. As such, I'm in a unique position to address the pros and cons of both systems first-hand. If we're going to have this conversation, it would be great if we could start out (for once) with actual facts, instead of ideological posturing, wishful thinking, hearsay, and random guessing about how things get done up here.

To that end, here's the first of a two-part series aimed at busting the common myths Americans routinely tell each other about Canadian health care. When the right-wing hysterics drag out these hoary old bogeymen, this time, we need to be armed and ready to blast them into straw. Because, mostly, straw is all they're made of.

1. Canada's health care system is "socialized medicine."
False.

Mythbusting Canadian Health Care -- Part I | OurFuture.org

Sounds like you have the best of both worlds.
After watching all those healthy, happy Canadian athletes all week, one is hard pressed to say they are deprived in any way.

 

[ItHappens]

Because when they get sick, they die.
They don't have to live to ripe old ages suffering in the indignity of wondering if they can make it to the toilet in time before soiling themselves.
Just sayin'.....

 

[Political Junky]

Because when they get sick, they die.
They don't have to live to ripe old ages suffering in the indignity of wondering if they can make it to the toilet in time before soiling themselves.
Just sayin'.....

You can't really be that stupid, right?

 

[Gadawg73]

Canadians have much better health care than we do at 1/2 the cost.
Of course they come over the border FOR DISEASE CARE.
We are good at that. Most doctors are specialists.
We are some of the unhealthiest people on earth.
Blank check health care American style is a joke.

 

[Si modo]

I doubt that Natasha Richardson's family thinks much of it at all.

 

[Dr Grump]

I doubt that Natasha Richardson's family thinks much of it at all.

She refused help. Not the medicos fault....

 

[Si modo]

I doubt that Natasha Richardson's family thinks much of it at all.

She refused help. Not the medicos fault....

There was no air evac available for her.

You should review the case.

 

[Dr Grump]

I doubt that Natasha Richardson's family thinks much of it at all.

She refused help. Not the medicos fault....

There was no air evac available for her.

You should review the case.

Then again, maybe you should..

Paramedics and an ambulance which initially responded to the accident were told they were not needed and left.[17] Refusing medical attention, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

 

[Gadawg73]

She refused help. Not the medicos fault....

There was no air evac available for her.

You should review the case.

Then again, maybe you should..

Paramedics and an ambulance which initially responded to the accident were told they were not needed and left.[17] Refusing medical attention, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

The American blank check health care mentality is we need a helicopter med vac at every corner.
No wonder we are going broke.

 

[Si modo]

She refused help. Not the medicos fault....

There was no air evac available for her.

You should review the case.

Then again, maybe you should..

Paramedics and an ambulance which initially responded to the accident were told they were not needed and left.[17] Refusing medical attention, she returned to her hotel room and about three hours later was taken to a local hospital in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts after complaining of a headache.

And, an air evac would have saved her life but the Canadian government decided that area did not deserve air evac.

And, if you are going to act like you are quoting something, put the reference. Otherwise it's plagiarism.

Idiot.

 

[Cuyo]

Because when they get sick, they die.
They don't have to live to ripe old ages suffering in the indignity of wondering if they can make it to the toilet in time before soiling themselves.
Just sayin'.....

Oh nonsense, they outlive us!
Basic Statistics

U.S. Canada
Life Expectancy (Male) 74.8 77.4
Life Expectancy (Female) 80.1 82.4
Infant Mortality/1000 births 6.8 5.3
Obesity Rate (Male) 31.1 17.0
Obesity Rate (Female) 32.2 19.0
HC spe as % of GDP (2005) 16.0%10.4%
Healthcare Economist Health Care System Grudge Match: Canada vs. U.S.

 

[Dr Grump]

Then again, maybe you should..
And, if you are going to act like you are quoting something, put the reference. Otherwise it's plagiarism.

Idiot.

It was from Wiki, Loser.

Link to the above please, or are you just spouting shit...


...for a change...

 

[Cuyo]

I'm both a health-care-card-carrying Canadian resident and an uninsured American citizen who regularly sees doctors on both sides of the border. As such, I'm in a unique position to address the pros and cons of both systems first-hand. If we're going to have this conversation, it would be great if we could start out (for once) with actual facts, instead of ideological posturing, wishful thinking, hearsay, and random guessing about how things get done up here.

To that end, here's the first of a two-part series aimed at busting the common myths Americans routinely tell each other about Canadian health care. When the right-wing hysterics drag out these hoary old bogeymen, this time, we need to be armed and ready to blast them into straw. Because, mostly, straw is all they're made of.

1. Canada's health care system is "socialized medicine."
False.

Mythbusting Canadian Health Care -- Part I | OurFuture.org

Tell me if I have it right:
- It's single payer, paid out of general fund. Every citizen has the right to walk into any hospital and get treatment at no cost (Other than their tax dollars).
- The clinics and hospitals work like the ER in the States: The most severe cases jump to the front of the line.
- Paid clinics/specialists and private insurance are available if one can afford them. But that person is still entitled to the single-payer system, and still has to pay for it.

Do I have that right? I believe I do, and if I do,
That's exactly what the fuck we should have here.

 

[Si modo]

Then again, maybe you should..
And, if you are going to act like you are quoting something, put the reference. Otherwise it's plagiarism.

Idiot.

It was from Wiki, Loser.

Link to the above please, or are you just spouting shit...


...for a change...

Then post the reference, bozo. I would ask what sort of idiot makes a reader request a reference for a quote, but I already know the answer - you.

No shit spouting. But monkeys fling poo when angered and evidently you are angry that this case is a perfect example of how the government made a life and death decision and the poor person died.