Posted on 02/23/2016 2:14:57 PM PST by originalbuckeye
STATS CANADA:
CANADIANS AVERAGE 18 MONTHS WAIT FOR CRITICAL PROCEDURES.
Skip a colonoscopy? Saves money for Canada but sure won’t save lives.
“RICH” CANADIANS COME TO THE USA FOR CRITICAL CARE,
...Then continue to bad-mouth us when they get home.
I am sorry she died so young too, her sister lived to be almost 116 and was the oldest person in the US when she died in about 1996.
Which is why Canadians were coming over the border for procedures that they’d have to wait 9 months to have. God forbid you find a lump and have to wait months to have it looked at.
If you didn’t want it seen as a challenge you shouldn’t have mentioned your candidate.
Yeah...the means smearing my my crap on a card.
Getting old is not fun.
Hospital bills seldom bear any resemblance to their real world cost.
I think you have too many 0’s in there.
I was certain I still had my appendix before I went through that.
Now, not so much.
“I wasn’t polyps free. I’ve had them removed twice.”
They find polyps evertime I have one. First time I had one of those sigmoidoscopy thingies. Had to redo the prep procedure and go back the next week for a colonoscopy. I make damn sure I only have to do the prep once each time now.
It’s all based on statistics. If the smear test is cheaper and just effective, I don’t have an issue with it.
But since I had polyps, I get the every five year plan.
BINGO! Back when the medical industry was a doctor/patient relationship, life saving tests were necessary. When the govt pays for it, well, it might not be all that necessary. This applies to all kinds of tests for men and women. Long term, this will result in people developing cancer and dying because the govt doesn’t want to pay for the screenings.
But you can bet the rulers will have all the tests done and paid for by our tax dollars.
Friend of mine put off the colonoscopy until he was 60. No history in his family of cancer there. Doc found that he had cancer and had to start treatments immediately. Saved his life.
For $33K they should have given you a blue ray of the procedure.
Skeeter...
The whole forum knew where you were headed there.
I responded by saying I am very happy with my candidate’s position.
I didn’t say my candidate came out for it first.
A handful of almonds every two days will keep ya clean.
That is a ridiculous $ number. Cost data for this highly routinized procedure is available on line - I know, I checked before I had my done. My brother is currently dying from colorectal cancer. They found it during a colonoscopy, but then screwed up the operation contributing to a rapid metastasis.
“He (trump) has advocated lowering state lines so insurance companies can compete nation-wide for our insurance dollars, and provide better care to attract our business.”
That means a federalized system of insurance. One of the reasons policies are different in different states is that each state can require a different set of coverage. Only one way around that is establishing a federal standard.
Second issue. Sure, insurance is cheaper in some states but you only live in one state. Insurance in Alabama will be cheaper than insurance in New York. Do you want to drive across country for treatment?
Uh huh. Then me advocating for mine should not offend you.
I hear ya. LoL
Here drink this swimming pool dry.
Lived to 116?
Astonishing !
You have great genes.
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