Cadillac med plan = more income

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Originally Posted by RACER X

Add a few illegals like the US has and i bet CAnadian medical system would not be as utopian as they dream it is.

As reported by the Health Council of Canada, a 2010 Commonwealth survey found that 42% of Canadians waited 2 hours or more in the emergency room, vs. 29% in the U.S.; 43% waited 4 weeks or more to see a specialist, vs. 10% in the U.S. The same survey states that 37% of Canadians say it is difficult to access care after hours (evenings, weekends or holidays) without going to the emergency department over 34% of Americans. Furthermore, 47% of Canadians, and 50% of Americans who visited emergency departments over the past two years feel that they could have been treated at their normal place of care if they were able to get an appointment.[43]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._United_States

You are using bullshit statistics from Wikipedia.

And those people who had to wait 2 hours in a waiting room, or 4 weeks to see a specialist, its because their conditions were not serious. Your stupid info fails to point out that care of people who are dangerously ill or sick are taken care of immediately. Ya, if you have a sore foot, you might have to wait in a waiting room for a few hours. But if you are severely injured, then you are going straight in to see a doctor. If surgery is required, it is immediate. My father was in surgery for cancer within 2 hours of pissing blood at home. When I had 3rd degree burns, I was with a doctor within 2 minutes of being brought in on a stretcher. Serious injuries or illness is treated immediately. People at the doctor for colds and small aches don't wait long enough,. imo. If they did, it would discourage them from wasting our medical systems time.

And I have never had a problem seeing my family doctor. Call in the morning, and I will have an appointment within hours. The people complaining about wait times are the ones abusing the system, at the doctors office 3x a week for every cough or ache they find themselves with. So ya, all of what you posted was taken completely out of context, and has very little truth to it.