Minister of Health
Posted on 09/19/2002 5:01:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Meanwhile, the elitist bureaucrats that administer this system are enriching themselves and their families at the expense of eveyone else's health.
Definition of socialism:low expectations cloaked in lofty rhetoricOr as Rush puts it,
"Liberalism doesn't spread wealth--it spreads misery."
Many patients with kidney problems can be helped a great deal, especially if they are referred to a nephrologist early enough.
A study showed that Canadian doctors delayed referring their patients who had signs of kidney disease, especially if the patients had a co-existing medical problem or were elderly.
Elevated levels of serum creatinine recommendations for management and referral
The virtual epidemic in Canada of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which is increasing in prevalence by approximately 10% annually, [1,2] has made it difficult for Canadian provincial governments to provide adequate resources to meet growing needs for treatment....The potential benefits of early referral to a nephrologist include identifying and treating reversible causes of renal failure, slowing the rate of decline associated with progressive renal insufficiency and managing the multiple coexisting conditions associated with chronic renal failure
Finally, most of the physicians (62.4%) thought that dialysis was being rationed in Ontario at the time of the survey (1994; there was no rationing at that time), and even more (90.5%) predicted that rationing would occur in the future.....
No Canadian provincial ministry of health has ever called for rationing of ESRD therapy. Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have publicly affirmed the importance of access to ESRD therapy. [4,34,35] Notwithstanding these claims, availability of dialysis in Canada has not always kept up with demonstrated need, [3] a situation that has created difficulties in fulfilling the standard of accessibility. However, perceived resource constraints must not be used by physicians to justify refusal to refer suitable candidates for dialysis.
To Canada's credit they seem to be working to solve this problem now.
I'll bet Canadian parents really love it when their child becomes (or marries) a doctor. It could be handy to have one around the house.
Definition of socialism:low expectations cloaked in lofty rhetoricI was talking to a supermarket manager, and I complained that every few years they completely reshuffle the layout of the store, jocularly accusing him of wanting me to have trouble finding things. He replied that they had to do that because there are so many new products put on the market that it gradually makes the basic organization of the store obsolete.
My response was to refer to the cheap Canadian drugs:
the government negotiates directly with the pharmaceutical corporations, and gets a price that basically covers the cost of production and distribution.Canada gets, in that respect, a great deal.
But the question is, Who pays for the development of the new drug which Canada will need in the future--needs now, but can't get for any price?
The only answer is, non-socialist consumers of pharmaceuticals. And if we don't pay for that development, it simply will not occur. The price of "progressive" government is stultification. The elimination of progress.
If you don't pay the market price in one coin, you pay it in another.
Notably in the coin of time.
Is there a shortage of health care facilities , doctors, nurses, other personnel ?
The mere fact something is government run does not explain inefficiency.
genefrom jersey. how much is health insurance running in jersey these days?
the reason ANY government operation is inefficient is because of less incentive.
yes it does. they have less incentive, ALWAYS. there's no one to take their customer(patient).
there is no one that might offer FASTER SERVICE.
the have less reason to try to MOVE FASTER AND MAKE MORE MONEY.
the government doesn't need to do a better job TO SURVIVE.
LOL! You're kidding, right?
I found this in some’s links.
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