markjs said:
And do you know why Canada's healthcare is in the state it is in? Simply put, all the really good doctors from Canada practice medicine in the US where they can rip us off for a fortune.
In Canada, the government regulates how much money a doctor can make. Guess what... Because they can never hope to make more money, they simply don't care. There are only two countries in the world where you cannot walk into a doctor's office and pay for medical assistance. North Korea and Canada.
I know it's not the only reason but it damn sure plays a part.
Lack of funding... Ontario needs another $5 billion to
maintain the current standard. And its already so bad its just silly. In a few years our health care budget is going to exceed the US's defense budget.
There are good doctors it's true, but more often than not they are pushing some drug on you because the drug company offers a kickback. Health insurance here is every bit as bad as the system in Canada...look at what the HMOs do to people. Locking them into one doctor, denying needy treatment because of cost. All the poor and middle class can afford is these bad HMOs. If you want a model of how it should be look at countries like Sweeden.
Sweden also pays ten times more tax. I don't know about Sweden itself, but take Denmark. Lowest taxation rate is 44%, highest is 68%, sales tax is 25%... If you want to live in a society like that, fine... Go live there.
At least in Canada you don't have to be rich to go to the ER if needed.
Nope, money will not do you any good here. However, if you go to the ER you won't have a bed unless you are desperately ill, and there are long lines. Some guy with a heart attack had to wait 8 hours in the ER, and he died. Thats brilliant. If they would just allow private hospitals to exist I'd be happier, but they made those illegal of sorts so you have to use the government trash.
We are not rich, so we just go without doctors.....I'd much rather get an MRI in 12 weeks than never at all.
We aren't rich either, and we don't have a doctor either. Whats your point? I'm really not up to date on medicare in the United States, but why can't you get a MRI?
Oh and, there is no such thing as a "right" to health care. Its simply a way for liberals to increase the taxation and take money from the rich to give to the poor.
In the 3+ years I've been in Canada, my family has paid a lot in taxes (my dad pays 45%) and we've never used the public health care system. Good times eh?