Wednesday, August 22, 2007
This is from the "Why-Do-We-Want-To-Be-Like-Them-Again?" file. ABC's "Good Morning America" reported today that a couple living in Calgary recently had quadruplets. When the mother went into labor, there was no Neo-Natal unit in the entire city, or indeed the entire province, who could take her. Her doctor made some frantic calls and the whole entourage ended up flying 300 miles to...Montana. The Pendragon is always grimly amused when fellow Americans express longing for the free health care system espoused by Canada, Cuba and North Korea. At least we don't have to leave the country to get care. It wasn't even as if the complication of having quadruplets demanded care in San Francisco or Seattle or somewhere with a big hospital. They just needed a bed. What does it say about the quality of Canadian health care that a couple living in one of Canada's largest cities had to fly to Montana to get helped? The answer, I think, should be obvious.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 2:42 PM 
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That's a good point, I definitely agree that the quality of our health care system is excellent. I think the solution is to retain the quality, lower MD's salaries by about 50%, and transfer those savings to American citizens. Seriously, their salaries are stupid. They should ALL be in the $100k-300k range, as opposed to $200k-∞.
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: 5:26 PM
: 5:26 PM
True, but drs do have to attend pre-med, med school, residency etc. before getting to their actual profession. They rack up quite the bills to pay off. My suggestion for lowering health care costs is to punish lawyers for frivolous lawsuits against doctors and hospitals. Then their insurance will go down, and they won't have to charge so much to just break even.
Well, those 911 victims in Michael Moore's sicko did have to go to cuba to get their healthcare. american healthcare may be off excellent quality, but only for those who are able to pay.
# posted by : 12:32 PM
: 12:32 PM
If you get your facts from Michael Moore, you're going to have problems living in the real world. In the US, there is Medicaid and other forms of help (including private "scholarships" for lack of a better word) if you can't afford your care. But if you can afford it, you pay for it. In Canada, millionaires clog the circuit by getting the same free health care poor people get. I'm not saying that the poor don't need/deserve help. I myself am poor and have used Medicaid for emergencies. But I don't think "free" (somebody has to pay for it at some point) healthcare is the answer. Most honest Canadians, meaning my wife, in-laws and everyone else I've talked to up there, would agree with me. Even some dishonest people would--after all, Castro got treatment in Spain and Paul Martin, the former PM, used to get his health care from the US.
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