Lesson #87: Government-controlled, centrally planned, North Korean-style “health care” systems like Canada’s are not really “health care” systems as much as they are “political systems”, or economic models, and failed ones at that. This is why it’s important to put Obama’s “health care” proposals in scare quotes.
Overhauling health-care system tops agenda at annual meeting of Canada’s doctors
By Jennifer Graham (CP) – 1 day ago
SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country’s health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.
Dr. Anne Doig says patients are getting less than optimal care and she adds that physicians from across the country – who will gather in Saskatoon on Sunday for their annual meeting – recognize that changes must be made.
“We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize,” Doing said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“We know that there must be change,” she said. “We’re all running flat out, we’re all just trying to stay ahead of the immediate day-to-day demands.”
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”(Canadians) have to understand that the system that we have right now – if it keeps on going without change – is not sustainable,” said Doig. …
Also see Canadian article from last week in which it is explained that surgeries and services for seniors and the mentally ill will (once again) be cut back to save money, due to lack of government funding, contained within THIS blog entry.
Also see:
Canadians face long waits for drug coverage
Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, August 17, 2009Millions of Canadians are waiting up to one year to find out if their provincial drug plans will pay for new prescription medicine, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute, released Monday. Joel says: They didn’t provide a link, so here it is]
The report, Access Delayed, Access Denied, claims provincial insurers often take much longer than their private counterparts to determine whether they will cover the costs of recently invented drugs.
Brett J. Skinner and Mark Rovere, the report’s authors, said it takes Health Canada 453 days on average to approve drugs for public consumption. They said most private insurers will then immediately offer coverage.
But Canadians who rely on provincial plans will have to wait up to another year—“a significant amount of time,” according to the authors – just to find out if the drugs will be covered. …
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