Moore's "Sicko" Is Sickening

Miller,
I lived in the US for 34 years and lived in Canada for 9 years and I know from personal experience that what all these reports are saying are wrong.
In fact, when I was in the US I waited much longer to be treated in hospitals, for tests and at my docs office when I had an appointment. I've never met anyone here yet that has gone through all this waiting that some of you are expressing.

I'm just stating my personal experience and wonder if you have ever been to Canada and had some personal experience with our health care system because I'm going to need more that what I've gotten so far to change my mind.

When my best friend was diagnosed with cancer 8 years ago (she was in the US as well as myself at the time) I couldn't believe how long she had to wait for tests and they kept screwing up her appointments, etc...

She died a few years back. May she rest in peace.

THE SUPREME COURT of Canada just wasn't buying the familiar old case in favour of a PUBLIC HEALTH care monopoly. In rulings that stunned Canadian politicians last week, judges on the top court looked hard at some well-worn arguments against allowing private care - and tore that threadbare thinking apart. In key passages, the outrage of some judges seemed to be showing through their cool, deliberate prose, as they described how intolerably long waiting times for public treatment put individual Canadians through pain and psychological torment, or even allowed them to die because their names fell too far down some specialist's list. "Delays in the public system are widespread and have serious, sometimes grave, consequences," wrote Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Justice John Major. "Inevitably where patients have life-threatening conditions, some will die because of undue delay in awaiting surgery."

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Actually, she had MassHealth. Same thing!

By the way, it's not free for me. I pay my taxes ;-)

Miller wrote:

Montana wrote:

When I was in the US I hated going to the docs, hospitals, tests and the dentist because of the endless waiting, yet I don't go through that here.

I keep reading all this stuff about the waiting and I'm still waiting to see if I'll be waiting

What's up with that?

I never wait for my dental visit. I book the appointmnet, show up early and am taken on time.

I never wait for a mammogram. I book it, show up early, and am taken on time, or even early.

When I take my dog to the Vet, I book the appointment, arrive early, and am taken on time.

I've never waited for a medical/dental/surgical appointment in my entire life and I've received all of my care at the best medical centers in the USA.

I wonder why? I always have shown up at my appointments early and I mean ALWAYS, but never once do I remember being taken at the time my actual appointment was. Never happened!

It must be nice being so special!

Montana wrote:

Actually, she had MassHealth. Same thing!

I think MassHealth is the Commonwealths' form of Medicaid.

Montana wrote:

By the way, it's not free for me. I pay my taxes ;-)

I pay taxes too ( personal and property )and I also pay for my health insurance. I also have health insurance for my dog.