Sicko movie review

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Originally Posted by Skweetis

I'd be interested to know which Canadian city this occured in....

I've been in the Royal Vic (Did I pronouce it right?), as well, as one other in Montreal that I forget the name. Been to one in Toronto, another in Kingston, and even one in Cambelford, ON too. Been married for 10 years and dealt with one hospital or another throughout those years for various family members.

All of these hospitals severely underfunded, and they also have staffing problems. I talked to one of the nurses back in May and they just can't find enough people, period. Why? They need to be paid better so that they have more people with incentive to get into the field. Their hospitals are just plain bad compared to what we have in the US. We have country clubs by comparrison.

-S

PS. In Kingston last time (I was there in Feb), there is one Chemo doctor in in several hundred km (However far Toronto or Montreal is from there)! And they are scared he will leave! You should see the line up of patients just to see this one guy!

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Originally Posted by Skweetis

All of these hospitals severely underfunded, and they also have staffing problems. I talked to one of the nurses back in May and they just can't find enough people, period. Why? They need to be paid better so that they have more people with incentive to get into the field. Their hospitals are just plain bad compared to what we have in the US. We have country clubs by comparrison.

Thats because American hospitals benefit from the pursuit of profit. Canadian hospitals are private run but not for profit, or at least not for the dynamic market based profit that would inflate the costs. Its a tough choice really. Give everyone a slice or give some people a better crumb. That government in the 90s started to cut costs as a result of the massive national deficit explains much of why we're today so underfunded, the natural expensive tendencies of health care aside. But with the Canadian economy looking up and the Federal government receiving surpluses we should be able to see an increase in the federal spending on health care. There is also a movement to reform the system, hopefully without turning it into a bastard American system.