| 2MuchMark |
07-14-2012 06:34 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mutt
(Post 19058368)
Canadians are happy with their third world universal healthcare system - where a visit to the ER turns into a never ending nightmare, where there are shortages of beds in many cities, shortages of specialists in many places, rationing of treatments, long waits for diagnostic tests, surgery, and on and on
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That's not exactly true. I have taken my Mom to the hospital and to the doctors here lately and our experience has been the following:
- If you go to Emergency for something that is is not an emergency, yes you will wait a long time (about 6 hours has been our average. Brutal)
- If you show up for an appointment, you are in a hospital waiting room for about 45 minutes before being seen (after your scheduled appointment).
- If you need surgery (which my Mom did), they make an appointment to return to the Hospital, about 2 weeks later. I took her in the morning and by the afternoon she was out (her operation was minor). They took great care of her and took the time to explain the procedure.
- The exam included X-rays and Cat Scans.
All of the above was completely free, and was handled over the course of about 1 month from the initial visit, to the detailed example, to the surgery and release. The only thing she had to pay for were pills which comes to about $50.00 per month. My mom has no insurance. It was all paid for by Canadian Medicare.
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