Posted on 08/20/2009 7:34:31 PM PDT by MindBender26
On the O'Reilly Factor tonight, the former President of the Canadian Medical Association, Brian Day, M.D. all but begged America to reject Obamacare.
Dr. Day, a practicing surgeon in Vancouver, said than tens of thousands of Canadians are waiting months for surgery because there is no money to pay for it and Canada has way too few physicians because no one wants to practice there. In addition, tens of thousands of other patients are waiting months to see the specialist, so they can then be approved to get in line to wait months for the surgery! Of course, in cancer patients, these delays are a death sentence, because the delays allow the tumors time to grow and metastasize.
Dr. Day also exposed the biggest financial lie about the north-of-the-border system. He said that in his province, British Columbia, 43% of the provincial revenue goes to pay for health care, and that number is expected to soar to 90% in ten years.
He also said that Health Canada was recently rated by an impartial group as 27th out of the medical systems in the top 27 industrialized countries.
He gave one example of how financially and morally bankrupt the system is. In Canada, if you are having a heart attack, Health Canada will NOT pay for an ambulance to take you to the hospital. You could drive yourself, or someone else could drive, so the Canadian insurance plan, the one Obama wants us all to suffer under, will not pay for an ambulance!
That's because there are no lines. That is the old fashion way. Now, you get a number and you go and sit in a room full of chairs with a big screen that you watch until your number comes up.
This will be what eventually happens here in the US if obammacare passes. God forbid!
The waiting lines form and the govt starts hiring physicians from outside the US. Remember those terrorist physicians in the UK?
During my annual checkup my physician commented on the health care debate. He stated he had been seeing patients since 7:00 am and would end his day after 6:00 pm that day. He further stated that under national health care if he goes on a salary he will start his day at 9:00, put in his 8 hours, and walk out the door at 5:00 pm. He will have no incentive to see more patients.
National health insurance will result in a huge capacity issue. Not only will millions of new patients be added to the system. The care providers will have no incentive to work overtime. This could result in a reduction in the number of patient contact hours available by 20-25%. No matter what Obama and the single payer supporters say, health care will have to be rationed quickly. This will happen if no doctors quit practicing.
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