Thanks for that Ken. Our public health system is similar. You can medical treatment "free" but the waiting lists are long for elective procedures (joint replacements etc.).
But, if you can afford private health insurance, you can basically pick your doctor & private hospital if needs be. Which raises another question, how expensive is private health insurance? Cheers, Dave On 1/10/07, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/09/07 10:59 PM, "David Savage", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What makes the American public health system, so much better than any > > other countries? > > It is actually not so much of that. > Truth is; > > Canada has a universal health care system and all health care is essentially > free. Federal government has been very sensitive to maintaining this > system. They tightly watch anyone who might try to charge any sort of fee > for special service or extra service etc, as it would be considered the > opening of avalanche of private medical services that would charge what they > want. <snip> > Again, this is not to denigrate the U.S. health care system. It is just > both systems have its own advantages and disadvantages, but when there is > any disparity, just like water flows from high point to low, people flock. > > Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
