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“There is a big gap between what legislatures enjoy and what citizens enjoy. They get access to drugs, cancer medication much quicker than their constituents. They also get access to drugs that are not part of the public drug program
He says (or should I say understands) that the level of heath care won't improve but merely be available to more.
Originally posted by ChrisF231
He says (or should I say understands) that the level of heath care won't improve but merely be available to more.
That not possible. You can't add 30 million people to the system and expect the level of care to remain the same, it's going to decrease ... big time.
And our cancer survival rates are still light years ahead of Canada. Probably because we have more MRI machines in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania then you have in all of Canada. So much for UHC!
Originally posted by kozmo
reply to post by ChrisF231
I agree with Chris on this... The number of hospitals and doctors does NOT increase, in fact, it will most likely DECREASE for the foreseeable future yet we are adding 30MILLION people to the system. If a theatre seats 100 people and 90 seats are already taken and we try to add 50 more people to the theatre, what happens??? A bunch of epople don't get seats, that's what happens!
Originally posted by ChrisF231
He says (or should I say understands) that the level of heath care won't improve but merely be available to more.
That not possible. You can't add 30 million people to the system and expect the level of care to remain the same, it's going to decrease ... big time.
And our cancer survival rates are still light years ahead of Canada. Probably because we have more MRI machines in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania then you have in all of Canada. So much for UHC!
Canada ranked near the top in the international rankings, with an estimated five-year survival rate of 82.5 per cent. South of the border, the United States had a survival rate in all cancers studied of 91.9 per cent, but not all cancer patients south of the border fared equally
Not only do people get good care, but the great majority of Canadians get good care, whereas in some other countries, particularly the U.S., there are considerable variations in the standard of care. The best care may be very good, but it is not quite as equitably distributed in the whole population.’’