Not really, filter through this set of records from Scholar.Google.com http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=%22health+care+costs%22+%22United+States%22+Canada&btnG=Search and for the wrap impaired:
http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/90 In almost every single study that directly compared health care costs in the US and Canada, Canadian health care costs were significantly cheaper than costs in the US. For instance: George J. Schieber, Jean-Pierre Poullier, and Leslie M. Greenwald (1994). Health System Performance in OECD Countries, 1980-1992. Health Affairs vol 13 no. 4. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/13/4/100.pdf Abstract: U.S. health expenditure levels and rates of increase continue to exceed those of other Western industrialized nations. The pluralistic U.S. health care system has the highest excess health care inflation and opportunity costs of forgone nonhealth consumption and investment when compared with other major industrialized countries. While poor U.S. performance in terms of life expectancy at birth and infant mortality may partially result from social problems, there is little quantifiable evidence of value for money or equity in terms of health system performance. Their main conclusion was the most interesting: "By comparative international standards, the American health care system is still by far the most expensive in the world, and the gap between the United States and other countries is widening. Compared with other major OECD countries, the United States is facing the highest rates of increase in health spending relative to GDP, excess health care inflation, and opportunity costs of forgone consumption and investment outside the health sector. Interestingly, other countries such as Canada and Germany, which before 1990 had shown more control over their health spending, seem to be facing substantial cost pressures in the early 1990s." larry On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:15:21 -0700, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the anecdotal evidence says otherwise, but... we have been through > this before. Maybe Manitoba does a better job than Ontario. > > Dana > > > > > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:22:59 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Everyone. > > > > For instance in Canada, depending on the province, the money for > > Medicare (which is the single payer health insurance) comes out of > > general tax revenue, as in Manitoba, or as part of an annual premium, > > as in Alberta. In either case on a per person basis its substantially > > cheaper than the US system, and according to the stats, as good if not > > better. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:10:37 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Somebody is paying for it......who? > > > > > > Nothing is free. > > > > > > >? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It didn't cost us anything directly, sure we pay a small amount through > > > > tax > > > > but it's a bargain. All medical services are free when you need them, > > > > and > > > > the amount paid per month is a LOT lower than 300 a month. The best > > > > thing > > > > is > > > > never needing to worry if you can afford treatment - if there is a > > > > problem > > > > you go to the Dr or the Hospital and get it sorted without worrying > > > > about > > > > bills, that simple. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138602 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
