September 7th, 2009, 9:01 am
QuoteOriginally posted by: hamsterQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: hayesppauper - i) Maybe we should do a like-for-like swap with Obama so he can have the "evil socialised healthcare system" he's always wanted? Personally I think we should all have the Canadian healthcare system and wonder why you don't stick up for it more often on these forums - No system is perfect, ofcourse.the canadians want to avoid a "two-tier" system (meaning you can't pay to beat the queue) so private healthcare and private (primary) health insurance are illegal in canada.Your options are :a) wait in lineb) grab a bag of money and head to another country (usually the US) for treatment.33 million people live in canada. 5 million Canadians have no family doctor because the canadian medical association restricts the number of physicians in canada (and it is very difficult for foreign-trained physicians to work in canada, thanks to the CMA -- in some cases, they have to be retrained from scratch, with the result that trained physicians are driving cabs while people have no doctors).It is easier for a dog to get an MRI in canada than a person (no joke: some hospitals rent out their MRI machines to vets overnight and since dogs pay and people don't, the dogs get treatment faster)If you have cancer, your best bet is to fly to the US for treatment at your own expense and then try to sue the provincial government to recover the cost. Various drugs are unavailable in canada because they're too expensive.The list goes onRestrictions are good bcoz CMA ensure high payments for their doctors...exactly, and joe public gets screwed