Quick Post on Canadian Healthcare

POSTED BY: RIPWash
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GEEZER

Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
"You glossed over the fact that the person I talked to said it could take FOUR weeks to see a doctor for something relatively minor."

It's called triage.

Actually, no. If you read the description, no one sees a person with a cough for up to four weeks. They can't (or shouldn't) do an accurate triage over the phone.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

GEEZER

Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
OTOH in metropolitan areas healthcare in Canada is far superior to the US.

Cites/references please.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

RUE

Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:35 AM

Fuck you.

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SERGEANTX

Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:04 AM

Go rue!

SergeantX

"It's cold and it's a broken hallelujah"

SUCCATASH

Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:53 AM

Why can't the US do healthcare just like public schools. Offer adequate care for free, and let anyone who wants to pay for better healthcare do so, just like they do now.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

SERGEANTX

Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:55 AM

'Tash!!!

Good to see you!

SergeantX

"It's cold and it's a broken hallelujah"

SUCCATASH

Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:25 AM

Howdy, Sarge!

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

GEEZER

Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:10 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
Fuck you.

Thanks for the proposal, but I'm not interested. And, as noted before, Madame Geezer is a good shot.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Edit to add: So I guess this means you got no cites to prove that "in metropolitan areas healthcare in Canada is far superior to the US", and you're just trying to distract me with offers of sex.

SIGNYM

Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:43 PM

KIRK

Quote:
One of the reasons Government run health care is cheaper is that many die waiting for expensive procedures. I heard recently that Great Britain has the highest mortality rate for breast cancer in Europe. A woman with breast cancer in the UK has something like an 800% greater chance of dieing than a woman in the US

First of all, this compares the UK (a government-run healthcare system) to Europe (more government-run healthcare systems) and then does a fast switch to the USA. IF these stats are true they're hopelessly out of date!

The current 5-year survival rate for the USA is 88%, the current EU average is 79%, the current Swedish rate is 89%, the UK is clearly lagging at 80%.
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11016&page=5
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/80600.php
www.thelocal.se/15256/20081028/
http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/breast/survival/
www.thelocal.se/15256/20081028/

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RIPWASH

Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
There is an issue of healthcare availablity in Canada - but it is in sparsely populated or remote areas. That is the same as in the US, where it's hard to get doctors to practice in rural North Dakota, for example. OTOH in metropolitan areas healthcare in Canada is far superior to the US. In Canada, eveyrone is covered and healthcare is easily available. In the US roughly 40% of people lack needed health insurance and so will go without any care at all, if they should need it. (Or, turn up in the county ER.)

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Silence is consent.

Nice try. My friend is in Winnipeg. Population well over 600,000 and SHE is complaining about the availability.

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