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    Canadians are one in a million -- while waiting for medical treatment

    And the left keeps trying to bring this here...with tens of millions of MORE PEOPLE than Canada: "Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record."

    Wait times , and everything else, would be FAR WORSE here....

    Canadians are one in a million -- while waiting for medical treatment



    Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record.

    Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank.

    Lengthy treatment delays are the norm in Canada and other single-payer nations, which ration care to keep costs down. Yet more and more Democratic leaders are pushing for a single-payer system — and more and more voters are clamoring for one.
    Indeed, three in four Americans now support a national health plan — and a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds that health care is the most important issue for voters in the coming election.

    The leading proponent of transitioning the United States to a single-payer system is Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s firebrand independent. If Sanders and his allies succeed, Americans will face the same delays and low-quality care as their neighbors to the north.
    By his own admission, Sen. Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill is modeled on Canada’s healthcare system. On a fact-finding trip to Canada last fall, Sanders praised the country for “guaranteeing health care to all people,” noting that “there is so much to be learned” from the Canadian system.

    The only thing Canadian patients are “ guaranteed” is a spot on a waitlist. As the Fraser report notes, in 2017, more than 173,000 patients waited for an ophthalmology procedure. Another 91,000 lined up for some form of general surgery, while more than 40,000 waited for a urology procedure.

    All told, nearly 3 percent of Canada’s population was waiting for some kind of medical care at the end of last year.









    https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...lion-while-waiting-for-medical-treatment/amp/
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    What's the Trump / GOP Healthcare Plan again ?



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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    And the left keeps trying to bring this here...with tens of millions of MORE PEOPLE than Canada: "Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record."

    Wait times , and everything else, would be FAR WORSE here....

    Canadians are one in a million -- while waiting for medical treatment



    Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record.

    Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank.

    Lengthy treatment delays are the norm in Canada and other single-payer nations, which ration care to keep costs down. Yet more and more Democratic leaders are pushing for a single-payer system — and more and more voters are clamoring for one.
    Indeed, three in four Americans now support a national health plan — and a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds that health care is the most important issue for voters in the coming election.

    The leading proponent of transitioning the United States to a single-payer system is Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s firebrand independent. If Sanders and his allies succeed, Americans will face the same delays and low-quality care as their neighbors to the north.
    By his own admission, Sen. Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill is modeled on Canada’s healthcare system. On a fact-finding trip to Canada last fall, Sanders praised the country for “guaranteeing health care to all people,” noting that “there is so much to be learned” from the Canadian system.

    The only thing Canadian patients are “ guaranteed” is a spot on a waitlist. As the Fraser report notes, in 2017, more than 173,000 patients waited for an ophthalmology procedure. Another 91,000 lined up for some form of general surgery, while more than 40,000 waited for a urology procedure.

    All told, nearly 3 percent of Canada’s population was waiting for some kind of medical care at the end of last year.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp...lion-while-waiting-for-medical-treatment/amp/
    Well, being on a wait list is better than no health care at all, which is what many who can't afford insurance and make too much to qualify for Medicaide can expect.
    https://www.healthcare.com/blog/cana...sa-healthcare/
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    I think if a country offers "free" healthcare for all, then it needs to follow through by employing enough doctors to take care of everyone. And therein lies then problem. Wait lists exists because there are not a sufficient number of doctors willing to work for pennies on the dollar.
    The U.S. has a similar issue regarding Medicare, and the V.A..
    “Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured…but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.”



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    Quote Originally Posted by exotix View Post
    What's the Trump / GOP Healthcare Plan again ?



    The same as its always been which worked fine, anyone with no insurance went to the emergency room and got immediate treatment, including surgery if necessary.

    Many that had no insurance had medicaid which is the grand cadillac of all health plans covering 7,000 hearing aids and all dental work.

    Americans always had healthcare, Obamacare was wealth destribution and it hurt healthcare for everyone that had it
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    Quote Originally Posted by KathyS View Post
    I think if a country offers "free" healthcare for all, then it needs to follow through by employing enough doctors to take care of everyone. And therein lies then problem. Wait lists exists because there are not a sufficient number of doctors willing to work for pennies on the dollar.
    The U.S. has a similar issue regarding Medicare, and the V.A..
    A lot of Canadian doctors come to the US so they can make a lot more money.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Well, being on a wait list is better than no health care at all, which is what many who can't afford insurance and make too much to qualify for Medicaide can expect.
    https://www.healthcare.com/blog/cana...sa-healthcare/
    Get the federal government completely out of health care meddling and the market will respond with goods and services across all price points.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Well, being on a wait list is better than no health care at all, which is what many who can't afford insurance and make too much to qualify for Medicaide can expect.
    https://www.healthcare.com/blog/cana...sa-healthcare/

    Please cite the people being denied emergency healthcare...anywhere.
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    Quote Originally Posted by exotix View Post
    What's the Trump / GOP Healthcare Plan again ?



    None. Pay your own way through life.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    None. Pay your own way through life.
    You have a point ... hey, get rid of all insurance so everyone can pay their own way through life.
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