[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Yes, and when his Socialized medicine was proven wrong, such as it pointed out that he was taken to not only the best hospitals in Canada (most are really run down compared to ours, and even my simple things like diapers for my sister in laws baby - she had to provide for example herself - they gave her only 1!) and he went to the only hospital with an upper class wing for the elites of Cuba, not the real cockroach filled hospitals that really exist, he still said Socialized medicine is the best and buried his head in the sand.

I see healthcare from both sides of the border - Canadian and the US and the Canadian side plain sucks and is understaffed, and run down dumps. Did i mention it taxes the hell out of them too? My father in law paid approximately 60% of his wage to taxes over there. Here, we complain if we get into the mid to upper 20's.


Socialized healthcare ultimately ends up to a case where you can't even find enough doctors to take care of the people. My mother-in-law in Canada recently died of cancer and in the US, I'm beginning to think she would have survived. One damn doctor to service a number of patients that would make your eyeballs pop out of you head. He had enough time for maybe 5 minutes with a patient. Nice system you guys got up there.

My stop uncle can hardly walk, and even though it is considered critical that he have the surgery, he has to wait 3 years for surgery unless he pays for it himself. This is another case of lack of resources.

5 months sometimes to see a Primary Care doctor? Crap, your cold is over by that time. I have an endless list.

-S

Right on!
When I had my laser eye surgery last year, from diagnosis to surgery, my wait time???? 2 days And this is at a very busy eye clinic.

The only thing that pisses me off, if you don't have insurance, insulin (top of the line though ) is damn near $100/ a bottle. But I still take my quality over quantity anyday.