As as an example she says when talking about waiting for health care in Cananda, ...
"However, the wait has nothing to do with money per se, but everything to do with the lack of radiation therapists"There are waiting periods because of lack of practitioners, and there is a lack of practitioners precisely because the government has removed the free market from health care decisions and doctor compensation.
She goes on to argue,
"from a purely statistical standpoint, there are enough doctors in Canada".
Pure rubbish. If there were enough doctors in practice, and if they had the appropriate equipment, there wouldn't be any waits, or more accurately "rationing" (a term she avoids at all cost) of health care in Canada.
Lastly, it's disingenuous to talk about "average after-tax income" when comparing taxes in US vs. taxes in CA. There's a far greater percentage of Americans paying NO income tax, compared to the percentage of Canadians paying more income tax. Without acknowledging that central point, you haven't much legitimacy upon which to make your other arguments.
“There are waiting periods because of lack of practitioners, and there is a lack of practitioners precisely because the government has removed the free market from health care decisions and doctor compensation.”
And, something that hasn’t been addressed much vis-a-vis the comparison between the two systems — The US has more than 10 times the population of Canada and the demands will be exponentially more for health care than in Canada.
Being an American, I won’t speak for Canada’s or Britain’s governmental efficiency, but as for us, aside from the military, our government can NOT provide any deliverable in an expeditious manner even approaching that of the private sector. Every large bureaucracy will inevitably be bloated with bureaucrats who attain their positions for reasons of politics rather than a genuine interest in improving medical care. Will it be only a short amount of time before care providers are staffed based on those same (political, not medical) standards? I’d say “yes.”
In America, to be sure the health care industry is one that certainly needs fixes, but the proper path is NOT nationalization. Tort reform and tax incentives would be a good start.
Those who support the Canadian or British models have to ask themselves the following question (among many others): “Am I OK with my elderly or cancer-stricken loved ones being denied health care due to rationing?”
“There are waiting periods because of lack of practitioners, and there is a lack of practitioners precisely because the government has removed the free market from health care decisions and doctor compensation.”
And, something that hasn’t been addressed much vis-a-vis the comparison between the two systems — The US has more than 10 times the population of Canada and the demands will be exponentially more for health care than in Canada.
Being an American, I won’t speak for Canada’s or Britain’s governmental efficiency, but as for us, aside from the military, our government can NOT provide any deliverable in an expeditious manner even approaching that of the private sector. Every large bureaucracy will inevitably be bloated with bureaucrats who attain their positions for reasons of politics rather than a genuine interest in improving medical care. Will it be only a short amount of time before care providers are staffed based on those same (political, not medical) standards? I’d say “yes.”
In America, to be sure, the health care industry is one that certainly needs fixes, but the proper path is NOT nationalization. Tort reform and tax incentives would be a good start.
Those who support the Canadian or British models have to ask themselves the following question (among many others): “Am I OK with my elderly or cancer-stricken loved ones being denied health care due to rationing?”