Canadian Health Care.....

[MorningGlory]

With the health care debate raging in Washington...and Americans trying to figure out what is what...I thought this article was interesting. We all tend to look to Canada as a model for a new health care system. Maybe we need to step back and consider carefully. I thought it was especially interesting that Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center spends more on research, per year, than the country of Canada. (From cityjournal.org)

http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_3_cana...healthcare.html

[Believer1997]

Good grief.... I don't know that I have seen or heard of a health care system that is remotely competent and one upon which the US should base it's reform ... obviously, the Canadian system is not one which would serve an American population sufficiently.

[Sir Gareth]

Canadian healthcare is not as wonderful as some would have us believe.

long waiting lists, trouble finding treatments, and so on.

While i am not completly opposed to a goverment provided healthcare, obama's plan is definatly BAD for america...

[Matthitjah]

This surprises any of you, why?

[MorningGlory]

This surprises any of you, why?

It doesn't surprise me at all; I've heard this from Canadians here in Houston before. They don't paint as negative a picture as the article but it seems to be a common problem with the lack of doctors in different parts of that country. Mostly in smaller towns. It's not looking like a system that most of us would want to emulate; especially considering we have ten times the population of Canada. And they have WAY too much government involvement in citizens' affairs.

[canuckamuck]

It doesn't surprise me at all; I've heard this from Canadians here in Houston before. They don't paint as negative a picture as the article but it seems to be a common problem with the lack of doctors in different parts of that country. Mostly in smaller towns. It's not looking like a system that most of us would want to emulate; especially considering we have ten times the population of Canada. And they have WAY too much government involvement in citizens' affairs.

As a Canadian I can assure we have problems with our system. Some are these problems are simply because we have many remote and lower populated regions. This makes providing the maximum standard of care for everyone very difficult. America does not really have that problem for the most part.

The main thing we Canadians complain about is waiting lists. There are innumerable stories about waiting lists to get tests and examinations by specialists. These wait lists are sometimes totally ridiculous and basically the same thing as unavailable service. However, I think that is something that is still being worked through, and certainly isn't the usual situation. By and far, a massive majority of Canadians receive the critical care they need in a reasonable amount of time. And almost the entire bill is covered by the government. (obviously the money comes from our taxes though. and our taxes are way too high, there are a lot of things that add to this beyond health care)

Do we have problems with our health care system in Canada. Yes we do. Would we trade our system for the American system. Never in a billion years.

When Canadians are asked "what things make you proud to be Canadian?" One of the number one things they say is, our health care system.

Edited January 2, 2010 by canuckamuck

[georgedrw81]

The US services work differently than most countries.For example the EU tries to make services private as the US does and the other way around.However this does not allways work. Politically for the present US goverment is 50 million new supporters.

Blessings

[nagwalk]

Though not perfect, I too would not trade our Health care system for anyone else s.

One hundred percent of our citizens are covered from prenatal to palliative care.

I currently pastor a small community of 450 residents. We have a doctor comming to our community once a week with specialized care 20 minutes away.

We also don't have an industry of ambulance chasing lawyers either.

[MorningGlory]

When Canadians are asked "what things make you proud to be Canadian?" One of the number one things they say is, our health care system.

Well...that's great.

[MorningGlory]

Though not perfect, I too would not trade our Health care system for anyone else s.

One hundred percent of our citizens are covered from prenatal to palliative care.

I currently pastor a small community of 450 residents. We have a doctor comming to our community once a week with specialized care 20 minutes away.

We also don't have an industry of ambulance chasing lawyers either.

Are you in Canada as well, nagwalk?