[Info-vax] Down Again

[Richard B. Gilbert]

JF Mezei wrote:
> On the subject of medical reform in the USA.
> 
> I am in Canada.
> 
> My now deceased aunt had lived in California most fo her life, and
> looked down on our medical system calling it "socialized medecine" etc
> etc. But when some of her friends saw their cancer treatments refused by
> insurance companies, she mellowed her stance a little bit...
> 
> Is there widespread feeling that there needs to be radical changes in
> how the USA medical system works, or is the majority happy with how it
> works and don't want it tampered with ?
> 
> From a financial point of view, the USA is the country with the highest
> (or one of the highest) per capita spending on health care, and this
> affect the competitivity of USA products and services against countries
> whose health care costs are lower.
> 

Our health care system is largely "for profit".  I understand that in 
countries such as the U.K. and Canada, people sometimes have to wait 
years for elective procedures.  Your gall bladder won't kill you so you 
may have to wait two or three years to have it removed.  I understand 
that Canadians who can afford it come to the U.S. for elective procedures.

In the U.S. you pay for service and you get it!  There is generally some 
sort of charity care available for those who can't pay.  I have paid my 
own bills and/or insurance since attaining adulthood.

I prefer our system!