I wish I had a link handy to this article, and hope someone can find it. There was a stroy in the Toronto paper (i believe) a couple months ago written by a Canadian who got feed up with his doctor who spent 10 seconds looking at him and his eye problem. The doctor said it was nothing and to go home. He didn't believe him and wanted to see another doctor. The wait to see another doctor for a second opinion was many months. So he called an American hospital, made an appointment for the NEXT DAY and drove down to Michigan and saw the doctor, found out indeed he did have a problem that could have resulted in blindness in WEEKS, had it fixed and drove home the next day.
He said it was the greatest experience he had ever had with medical car.
The title of the article was something like "A Canadian's Experience with American Medical Care"
couple months ago written by a Canadian who got feed up with his doctor who spent 10 seconds looking at him and his eye problem.Yes I'd like to see the story too. Because the one I remember had a different ending. The guy waited for a couple of hours in ER and had 5 minutes with a doctor who told him he'd be fine. Not satisfied he flew to Baltimore , spent $1000 and got a 3 doctor consultation that lasted an hour and a half . Diagnosis was the same as the ER in Toronto. He also got a smile from the nurse and a cup of tea.
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