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To: arkfreepdom
I’m a physician. I know no doc who wants single payer.
My son's brother-in-law is an orthopedic surgeon who did a 1 year fellowship in Vancouver, BC a few years ago.
He was appalled at how truly bad their health care system was.
24 posted on 10/02/2017 9:53:03 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven
Our system (Canada) works great for catastrophic events, like a heart attack.

But other “health style” issues are not so great. For instance we don't have pediatric doctors available to us when we need. Right now we are on referral to see a pediatric doctor, but its been 6 months and counting.

Also if a hospital screws anything up there is next to no recourse to a patient.

Not sure if Americans are aware, as it surprised my wife, but only health care is strictly covered. Dental is totally private. There is no coverage for prescriptions, or cpap machines, or seeing a therapist, or the eye doctor, or podiatrist, unless you are part of a group coverage through an employer.

50 posted on 10/02/2017 1:48:08 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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