Universal Health Care Message to Americans From Canadian Doctors & Health Care Experts

Canadian Doctors for Medicare hosted a celebration of Medicare in Canada. The speakers included Roy Romanow, former Saskatchewan Premiere and Commissioner on Health Care in Canada. They tell Americans that Canadian universal health care works and encourage Americans to implement a single payer universal health care system. The video also features Dr. Steven Lewis a health policy and research consultant, Dr. Danielle Martin, Dr. Ryan Meili and Dr. Robert Woolard representing the Canadian Doctors for Medicare and Linda Silas President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.

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[sasksunwolf]

@SovereignStatesman Our doctors and health care providers are among the best in the world. If people like you get their way, it won't be long before the only way for the majority of people living in the USA to get health care will be to win it on a some demeaning reality show! And I'll pit Canadian doctors against your doctors anytime. By the way, there are some very good doctors in Mexico.

[dancer8164]

Thank you for this video. Seriously, America if effed up.

[MrVillamike]

@trugemini6382 Rubbish!! try Europe.

[MadHabber93]

@trugemini6382 "The National Cancer Institute estimates that nearly 12 million Americans with a history of cancer were alive in January 2008. Some of these individuals were cancer free, while others still had evidence of cancer and may have been undergoing treatment."

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[trugemini6382]

@MadHabber93 so 1 in 22 people in usa have cancer ..thats bullshit ...so that means when i wnet to the store today i saw maybe about 120 faces while walking around so about 7 of those people have been suffering from cancer ..according to those stats

[sasksunwolf]

@trugemini6382 Like vaccinations, penicillin, isolation of insulin to treat diabetes and heart transplants? Not from the USA. It's a nice statement but I'd like to see you back it up.

[MadHabber93]

@trugemini6382 Gotta go.

[MadHabber93]

@trugemini6382 Your situation is different, as you are under medi-cal. Which is obviously better than private insurance companies.  It is more like our system.

[trugemini6382]

@MadHabber93 as far as routine check ups, with your personally selected doctor ..they are covered. . i have never payed anything on a check up , Once i went to the ER no insurance i had kidney stones and stayed in the hospital 2 days,they gave x-rays and check for internal bleeding in case it might be a appendicitis.they did sonic therapy thay broke up the stones small enough to pass.i got the bill next month $7,000,they just said retro pay 90 days of insurance premiums = $ 650

[trugemini6382]

@MadHabber93 yes there are co-pays with employer provided insurance , usually it is free up to $10,000-$50,000 expense , then after that you are required to pay between 5-20% of the total cost .after the your cap is passed. depending on the quality of plan you have. Medi cal on the other hand is the best insurance because you are not required to pay anything back no co pay nothing. when my daughter was born it was fully covered free o charge for the week stay in the hospital.

[MadHabber93]

@trugemini6382 "Most Americans -- 162 million -- get health insurance through their employers. Sixty percent of employers offer health benefits, according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust"

[trugemini6382]

@trugemini6382 where do you get your info from ..canada news central or what...every employer ive worked for has offered health care to full time employees. ..even in-n-out -burger and walmart. which are entry levels. send me a link and even then if it is written by a canadian ill be very skeptical yet .