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Originally Posted by MikeinAR
I agree with you that there are other factors in life expectancy than just available health care. The cultures and lifestyle habits of the different countries are a big part of the equation.
What bothers me is the fact that we spend more per person than the Brits and Candians yet are lower in success rates with health care.
Also, the Canadian system isn't even being proposed here. That's apples to oranges.
I think it's funny that the Canadian system is always pointed to as the boogieman, but 70% of Canadians in a recent poll said their healtcare system is working well or very well. I guess they don't realize how bad they have it.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...710?hub=Health |
During the past 30 years, about
19,000 physicians trained in Canada have crossed the border into the United States and depleted the Canadian supply of physicians in the process, says the study, which was conducted by the AAFP's Robert Graham Center, the department of pediatrics at New York University and the department of family medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. According to "The Canadian Contribution to the U.S. Physician Workforce," in 2006, 8,162 Canadian-educated physicians were providing direct patient care in the United States. That figure accounts for about one in nine Canadian-trained physicians, which is equivalent to having
two average-sized Canadian medical schools dedicated entirely to producing physicians for the United States
So Mike. I suspect the docs know more about Canadian healthcare than do the newspapers or yourself.
Stick with arkansas.
I deal with my relatives that live in Canada and some winter in the states. They find a comparison from experience. U S IS far better. If we survey Canadians on how satisfied they are with the Weather , we may also get 70% like it. Part of the massive exodus of docs comes from an exodus of technicians. With rationed care, the salaries are so low and they can get jobs in the states. The docs complain they can't get enough qualified technicians to help.
19,000 docs. If we snag socialized medicine, a lot will retire or return.
http://www.cindyklassen.com/
My Mennonite relative gets great healthcare. So does my daughter who is an NCAA all American contender. My daughters throwing coach from Russia went to the Olympics and told me he got the best healthcare in Russia.