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Originally Posted by EonBlue
There are many European countries with parallel public and private systems that provide good healthcare to everyone. In most cases all doctors are required to provide a set amount of time to the public system but then are still free to run their private systems on the side for those who are willing to pay. It ends up being a win-win for everyone.
We have huge wait times for many diagnostic and surgical procedures here in Canada because the government won't let private operations provide services to meet the excess demand. Many of our doctors go to the US so we suffer doctor shortages. Most of our hospitals are controlled by unions to the point where almost all new money put into the healthcare system goes to cover negotiated wage increases and hardly any goes toward new equipment, more nurses or more doctors.
I know the American system has problems, but don't look to Canada as an example of how to make it better. We rank just as low on global healthcare as the US. There are better models in the world to follow and they all include parallel public/private systems.
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Im in the usa ,I pay for my health insurance. My wife needed to see a specialist,it was Feb she didnt see the actual doctor till August. My father has just been diagnosed with cancer. They said it was fast growing and then in the next breath said he wouldnt be able to see one specialist for at least 2 weeks and the other it could be October. If my mother didnt have high powered connections in the medical field he would be waiting instead of being taken care of.
This is all with paid insurance, that keeps getting more expensive every year.