Comment Re:Healthcare is great if you don't get sick (Score 1) 1067
It's not hard for Canada to spent less and serve more people than the US health care system. But the most obvious impact of this is that high cost services get targeted to those who truly need them. Recently, Herceptin was put on the approved drug list while other less effective treatments were removed. Same amount of money, more people helped. If it isn't you that benefits, you may well feel that you were cheated.
There are still countries that do it better (i.e. more services, less money) and partner with private health care without having to kill and eat any sacred cows (e.g. France). But this place has worked well for the people I know who needed services. And that included an MRI within a week. Granted, it was at 10PM, but when each unit costs so much they tend to buy fewer and run then closer to 24/7.
And I've heard people told by their doctor that they would NOT receive some diagnostic test because it did not aid in differential diagnosis (i.e. it wouldn't tell them anything they didn't already know). Since I'm paying for part of that test, I applaud the doctor for being to straight up and not blaming someone else (long waiting lines, low funding) for the choise.
Often, blaming government is a way to avoid hard feelings. Eveyone wants to help and to be liked. Sick people are not always the best to judge what is reasonable and effective in the circumstance. That said, the internet doesn't hurt either.
There are still countries that do it better (i.e. more services, less money) and partner with private health care without having to kill and eat any sacred cows (e.g. France). But this place has worked well for the people I know who needed services. And that included an MRI within a week. Granted, it was at 10PM, but when each unit costs so much they tend to buy fewer and run then closer to 24/7.
And I've heard people told by their doctor that they would NOT receive some diagnostic test because it did not aid in differential diagnosis (i.e. it wouldn't tell them anything they didn't already know). Since I'm paying for part of that test, I applaud the doctor for being to straight up and not blaming someone else (long waiting lines, low funding) for the choise.
Often, blaming government is a way to avoid hard feelings. Eveyone wants to help and to be liked. Sick people are not always the best to judge what is reasonable and effective in the circumstance. That said, the internet doesn't hurt either.
