I've heard wait times to see a Dr. in Canada are insane. And that there is a huge doctor shortage.
And hey I'm not saying our system is perfect, but I do not trust the gov't. I always challenge people to name one thing the gov't does better than private.
Private schools vs public schools
Private roads vs public roads
Private delivery companies (UPS/FedEx) vs gov't postal service
I have yet to think about one thing the gov't does better. Private isn't perfect, but there is accountability and competition with generally gets better service. Now, the problem with healthcare is the fact that there is no price comparison. (President Trump was trying to change that) which means they can charge whatever they want for an X ray and you can't shop around for better deals. There is also a problem with not letting insurance companies cross state lines which lowers competition. More competition, price transparency, and SOME regulations (nothing crazy) would help a lot.
Ultimately, I just do not trust that the gov't has my best interest at heart in regards to healthcare or pretty much anything. I want them involved in my life as little as humanly possible.
I completely agree. Canada's system is a disaster. In Canada, they also have comfort wards because they do not have enough physicians to treat patients. My neighbor's dad was put in a comfort ward to die despite having treatable conditions. The physicians made this choice not him or his family. My neighbor flipped out at the physicians in the comfort ward and said you don't go to med school to let people die and so on. Then they gave him a bunch of treatments and he was fine. That was 10 years ago and he just celebrated his 91st birthday. If my neighbor never yelled at the physicians in the comfort ward his dad would have died.
My dad's friend was also paralyzed due to a rare nerve condition and was operated on 28 days later. The nerve condition he had requires emergency surgery within 48 hours because time is function. My dad's friend never walked again. I actually know someone who had the same condition in the US, was operated on immediately and it took a few years but he walked again
I am going to be a physician and if medicine became socialized I would do something else. I do not want to work for the government. The government cannot even run a DMV and people want them to run their healthcare LOL. The Veteran's Administration used to be a disaster before Trump cleaned it up.
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." -Ronald Reagan
So, if you are low-priority, the wait times are stupid. A lot of people have issues that are hard to / impossible to fix and diagnose, and those end up back of the line.
But mom had a cancer scare and was cleared in a week from beginning to end.
I think private/public combined healthcare is much better. Right now, those people who can afford private healthcare must wait in the same line as people who can't.
I would be okay with some sort of combination. I think the idea of having free clinics is very good to help with basic stuff. I wouldn't mind those having a combination of federal/private funding.
I'm also big on incentives. Have a loan forgiveness plan if doctors donate so many hours of their time to working in free clinics, etc. That may encourage more people to become doctors that don't feel like they can afford the outrageous tuition.
I feel like there are SO many different solutions to these problems, but everyone is too busy fighting instead of compromising and coming up with real workable solutions.
I will say our healthcare was a million times better before Obama touched it. Obamacare was a disaster. I used to have a simple plan for $135 a month. It had a high out of pocket deductible ($5K), but $5K does not put you in the poor house, and $135 a month was doable for us even though money was very tight back then.
Now, for a plan like I had in 2010, it would cost at least $1,000 a month. It's crazy!
Perhaps if expensive "treatments" weren't shredded behind the promise of insurance and government payouts, they would be less expensive. Everything else in medical care (and elements of auto repairs) costs as much as they do, in part, because people don't price compare. Someone else will make the direct payment.
In Canada we have a single-payer healthcare insurance system.
The bad part is obviously more taxes.
But the good part is that it's not possible to be bankrupted by a large medical bill arising form things like Cancer or whatnot.
Win some lose some.
I've heard wait times to see a Dr. in Canada are insane. And that there is a huge doctor shortage.
And hey I'm not saying our system is perfect, but I do not trust the gov't. I always challenge people to name one thing the gov't does better than private.
Private schools vs public schools Private roads vs public roads Private delivery companies (UPS/FedEx) vs gov't postal service
I have yet to think about one thing the gov't does better. Private isn't perfect, but there is accountability and competition with generally gets better service. Now, the problem with healthcare is the fact that there is no price comparison. (President Trump was trying to change that) which means they can charge whatever they want for an X ray and you can't shop around for better deals. There is also a problem with not letting insurance companies cross state lines which lowers competition. More competition, price transparency, and SOME regulations (nothing crazy) would help a lot.
Ultimately, I just do not trust that the gov't has my best interest at heart in regards to healthcare or pretty much anything. I want them involved in my life as little as humanly possible.
I completely agree. Canada's system is a disaster. In Canada, they also have comfort wards because they do not have enough physicians to treat patients. My neighbor's dad was put in a comfort ward to die despite having treatable conditions. The physicians made this choice not him or his family. My neighbor flipped out at the physicians in the comfort ward and said you don't go to med school to let people die and so on. Then they gave him a bunch of treatments and he was fine. That was 10 years ago and he just celebrated his 91st birthday. If my neighbor never yelled at the physicians in the comfort ward his dad would have died.
My dad's friend was also paralyzed due to a rare nerve condition and was operated on 28 days later. The nerve condition he had requires emergency surgery within 48 hours because time is function. My dad's friend never walked again. I actually know someone who had the same condition in the US, was operated on immediately and it took a few years but he walked again
I am going to be a physician and if medicine became socialized I would do something else. I do not want to work for the government. The government cannot even run a DMV and people want them to run their healthcare LOL. The Veteran's Administration used to be a disaster before Trump cleaned it up.
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." -Ronald Reagan
Ugh Hearing those horrible stories makes me sick!
So, if you are low-priority, the wait times are stupid. A lot of people have issues that are hard to / impossible to fix and diagnose, and those end up back of the line.
But mom had a cancer scare and was cleared in a week from beginning to end.
I think private/public combined healthcare is much better. Right now, those people who can afford private healthcare must wait in the same line as people who can't.
Absolutely retarded.
I would be okay with some sort of combination. I think the idea of having free clinics is very good to help with basic stuff. I wouldn't mind those having a combination of federal/private funding.
I'm also big on incentives. Have a loan forgiveness plan if doctors donate so many hours of their time to working in free clinics, etc. That may encourage more people to become doctors that don't feel like they can afford the outrageous tuition.
I feel like there are SO many different solutions to these problems, but everyone is too busy fighting instead of compromising and coming up with real workable solutions.
I will say our healthcare was a million times better before Obama touched it. Obamacare was a disaster. I used to have a simple plan for $135 a month. It had a high out of pocket deductible ($5K), but $5K does not put you in the poor house, and $135 a month was doable for us even though money was very tight back then.
Now, for a plan like I had in 2010, it would cost at least $1,000 a month. It's crazy!
Perhaps if expensive "treatments" weren't shredded behind the promise of insurance and government payouts, they would be less expensive. Everything else in medical care (and elements of auto repairs) costs as much as they do, in part, because people don't price compare. Someone else will make the direct payment.
Health outcomes are also much worse.
I’d rather go bankrupt than die.
Bankruptcy must suck in canada its basically meaningless here after a year or so.