Reply #38: Beyond the lies, Canada's universal healthcare rocks. [View All]

[cestmoi]

I don't know how much Americans really know about universal healthcare so I found some links to a few of our Canadian hospitals should you be interested in eyeballing the care available under a public health care system. (The links include video clips and photos which are worth eyeballing)

Hospitals here in Canada keep track of performance so several of the links include these performance reviews.

Universal healthcare is much more efficient than anything provided in the US because it doesn't have a costly insurance bureacracy to factor in and hospitals can pool resources.

Recently a Canadian doctor who had moved to Florida to work as a family doctor came back to Canada to practice as she was fed up with the paperwork and arguning with HMO's about care. Her salary BTW was the same in both countries.

O'Reilly refers to Canada as Canuckistan which suggests that we are on par with the old soviet system however I think a quick eyeball of some of our hosptials puts that myth to rest.

http://www.sickkids.on.ca/AboutHSC/section.asp?s=Photos+of+Sick+Kids&s...

http://www.uhn.ca/tgh/clinical_services_building/index.asp

http://www.uhn.ca/patient/wait_times/?nav=8 ;8

http://www.uhn.ca/uhn/corporate/oppm/site/corporate/corporate.asp

http://www.uhn.ca/uhn /

http://www.uhn.ca/twh /


http://www.uhn.ca/uhn/firsts/?nav=8 ;8

http://www.uhn.ca/pmh /