Wait Times

As the health care debate gets more serious in the next few weeks, here's an argument I don't want you to fall for...

Wait times....

The people trying to kill health care reform love to talk about wait time, especially in Canada.

They'll say that Canadians have to wait 10 weeks for an MRI.

This is a calculated lie...

For one thing, it's hard to compare wait times because the U.S hodgepodge healthcare doesn't have clear data on it...

In a single payer system like Canada, they know about wait times - and if they get too long, it becomes a public issue that can be fixed...

Also, it's hard to compare because in the US if you need an MRI but can't afford it, your wait time is infinity. Forever.

See, in countries like Canada, the doctors put the people who NEED the MRIs to the front of the line...not just the people who can afford it...

So when it comes to waiting, remember this - we've all waited long enough for a sensible health care system like the every other country in the world has..

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[josava1]

@RyderSpearmann Challenge your "stats"? How about we start with your statements. Above you said "American care has been constantly improving" then next statement you said " quality has gone down " . What is it? I dont think you have any idea at all. There is no exodus of doctors in Canada either. If I just finished school would I want to go to Flin Flon, Manitoba or Vancouver? Some areas lack doctors because they are not attractive. Same thing in the US. San Diego or Oklahoma? Easy choice.

[RyderSpearmann]

@josava1 Of course what I said was accurate. Since Obama care, quality has gone down (while prices have increased). And as our government is broke, EVERYONE that now DEPENDS on government for healthcare, is looking at drastic cuts. Like Canada, we will see anhuge exodus of doctors when they see how bad things are.

I challenge you to show any of my statistics are wrong.

[josava1]

@RyderSpearmann No your are not accurate. And you know that %100 is impossible so not sure why you would say something ridiculous like that. Glad to hear Obama care is improving things for you., maybe one day the American system will be as good as Canadas. And nothing was forced, people in Canada voted Tommy Douglas the greatest Canadian and Universal care was his idea. It has issues but wait times are down in many provinces and medical care is a right here. Something it shoulda been in the US

[RyderSpearmann]

@josava1 Sorry, everything I said is fully accurate... regardless of what poll data show. And BTW, if you FORCE a healthcare system on everyone... then you damned better have it be 100% happy with it... not 84%.

By the way, the same percentage of Americans are happy with their healthcare... and we get far faster care, and better results from care.

And while American care has been constantly improving, Canadian care is on the decline.

[josava1]

@RyderSpearmann That is false. A recent poll suggests 84% of Canadians are happy with there healthcare system. Is its prefect, no. But its better than most systems

[Physicsnerd1]

Excellent Video!

[dmosier]

My statement is true and still stands.

Why give me a thumbs down?

You don't like the truth?

[RyderSpearmann]

No, you don't have health care. You have some care that is related to health. All procedures are not open to you. You get what you are allowed when you are allowed.

The new president of the CMA says your system is "imploding". The system you have is unsustainable. It is good for the first couple of generations but the decay is ever present and it has to fail. It is also changing Canadians, half of whom now think it is a good idea to dictate to doctors where they can work. Dictate?

[dmosier]

WRONG.

[froggygrandma]

Oral surgery done in a hospital (and part of the costs done in a oral surgeons office)are covered in Canada, and depending on which province you reside in there is coverage for prescription medicine (not 100% but some).