The Perils of Public Health Care

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) covers Stuart Browning's "A Short Course in Brain Surgery"

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News & Politics

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• health
• care
• Obama
• Hillary
• Sicko
• Michael
• Moore
• Canada
• single
• payer
• single-payer

[freemarketcure]

Yes. Tax payer money is no object when other people need health care services n the public dole. Other viewers may note the similarity of the above comment with the excuses made in the US for abysmal public school systems such as in Washington DC. No matter how much money is thrown at them - it's always conservatives to blame for not throwing more.

[hyylo]

we have public health in the UK. it is terrible. we have more administrators then doctors

[domyinik]

@hoshnasi if you're sick you can't work. If you have cancer, you cannot go to work. It's easy to understand. If you have some pre-existing sickness, your insurance is not useful any longer. You do not want to pay taxes? You prefer health insurance (which, btw, is more expensive) who leaves you without a cure, if you can't afford it. Look, I'm Italian (Universal Health Care), but when I had vacation in US, I fell from stairs. They asked me 900$. In Italy they asked me 12 €. Guess what I chose.

[hoshnasi]

How is brain surgery "non-critical"? This video is about a man who came to AMERICA to get his surgery.

Look, I don't hate the Canadian system. I just don't want to pay more taxes to get it, nor do I want to pay more for my fellow American to have it either... I want my fellow American to GO TO WORK to buy their own coverage so the country gets better economically... Not just makeing a big government system!

[TheTrue101]

it is true that we need to wait for non critical stuff. If you ask all canadian if they prefer this compare to poor coverage that US has, guess what will be the answer.

the HC systerm in US cost 3 times per head compare to Canada for less coverage.

Your system let people die, do you realize that?

[hoshnasi]

The man in this video is a Canandian and had to go to AMERICA to get his brain surgery in a timely manner or he would have DIED... HE is the largest critique of your system because your system makes you wait, the government rations out your care and puts you on a list. Sure the doctors decide the treatment, but Canadians have to wait for it to be cost effective.

[givethemahand]

Kansas-" I've not had problems with my Insurance companies."

I am happy for you ( seriously)..I have not had bad luck either.

But,my sons insurance (Untied) was awful..it cost him over $5000 cash when my granddaughter was born..he thought it was covered..but no.

Worse though: My wife works at a Cancer Clinic...she says that fully 1/3 of the patients that think they have "good" insurance, end up financially ruined by costs that the insurance does not pay...often several thousand dollars a month.

[maurojuszczak]

AMEN!

The insurance companies don't WANT to shell out the money for your chemo, heart transplant or knee surgery. They'll do whatever they can to make sure they don't pay for you. Their goal is to collect their premiums.