Thursday, July 19, 2007
SICKO
How anyone seen "Sicko" yet? I have not but would like to.
I am confused though. I heard that, in Canada, nurses are giving away free tickets to Sicko so that Canadians can see exactly why their healthcare system is so much better than ours. However, a few years ago, I had the opportunity to have dinner with a physician in Quebec and he told me that, absolutely hands-down, if he ever develops a serious medical problem, he is coming across the border to the US for treatment.
Go figure.
I am confused though. I heard that, in Canada, nurses are giving away free tickets to Sicko so that Canadians can see exactly why their healthcare system is so much better than ours. However, a few years ago, I had the opportunity to have dinner with a physician in Quebec and he told me that, absolutely hands-down, if he ever develops a serious medical problem, he is coming across the border to the US for treatment.
Go figure.
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I haven't seen the movie yet either but here's what I know from talking to other Canadians.
Healthcare costs - good.
Not always being able to choose the exact doctor you want but, rather, being assigned to someone - not good. (Probably where your surgeon friend was a bit leery...)
Also, I've had Canadians tell me that they have had to wait for long periods of time to get special tests run because there are only so many places with things like MRI machines, etc. so the list to get in to one is rather on the long side. There seems to be no "You might have cancer so let's get you in there this week."
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