Amazon is now going to be involved in health care

[Doreena]

Doreena, when will you ever learn that taking more money out of the private sector and giving it to the government NEVER fixes any problems! I'm all for some real reform of the healthcare industry, but pouring more money into Washington is NOT A SOLUTION! It just feeds the beast and makes it ever bigger and hungrier.

It is working in many other countries. My grandmother in Canada died with dignity. My grandmother in Michigan died in filth. My cousin in Canada loves his health care. It can work.


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[DrHenley]

The Canadian healthcare system works great...until you REALLY need it. That's the problem - it is geared towards making routine healthcare inexpensive. But when people need critical medical procedures or surgery, they have go to other countries.

Why Canadians Are Increasingly Seeking Medical Treatment Abroad
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/canadian-medical-tourism_us_5949b405e4b0db570d3778ff

 

[Doreena]

The Canadian healthcare system works great...until you REALLY need it. That's the problem - it is geared towards making routine healthcare inexpensive. But when people need critical medical procedures or surgery, they have go to other countries.

Why Canadians Are Increasingly Seeking Medical Treatment Abroad
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/canadian-medical-tourism_us_5949b405e4b0db570d3778ff

I think my grandparents and my aunt and uncle and cousins REALLY needed it and they got taken care of. Personal experience. Plus friends who live there. This experience includes cataract surgeries and end of life care as well as minor health issues (and some not so minor like shingles).


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[DrHenley]

This is from the Huffington Post, hardly a right wing propaganda outfit:

The Fraser Institute released a study last year showing that wait times in Canada were on the increase and had hit an all-time high in more than two decades of the think tank conducting the survey. Patients reported waiting up to 20 weeks for “medically necessary” procedures such as organ transplants and heart surgery. ..
“Everyone has access to free medical care that is ‘good enough.’ If you want to pay for better health care, you can’t,” he said. “That’s why those who can afford to, tend to go down to the U.S. for care if they have anything serious happen to them. You can have the greatest doctors in the world, but if the bureaucrats that run the system are making them treat patients with one hand tied behind their back, are they going to be delivering the best possible care?”

 

[Proud Prepper]

I think my grandparents and my aunt and uncle and cousins REALLY needed it and they got taken care of. Personal experience. Plus friends who live there. This experience includes cataract surgeries and end of life care as well as minor health issues (and some not so minor like shingles).


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Every family member and close friends I have has always had good healthcare, its my personal experience. I do not personally know anyone thats on medicaid other than some of there children. We have the most options here in the USA, government health care options, private insurance and private care directly with the doctors. I would not want canadian health care.

 

[Brent S]

I saw a low cost clinic in Walmart this morning. I’m all for these low cost alternatives. Wish they put them in every Walmart. I’ve always thought it would be a good idea if the govt paid for your schooling to become a Dr. then have you work in some sort of low income healthcare to pay it back.

 

[Doreena]

Every family member and close friends I have has always had good healthcare, its my personal experience. I do not personally know anyone thats on medicaid other than some of there children. We have the most options here in the USA, government health care options, private insurance and private care directly with the doctors. I would not want canadian health care.

I saw this today from a friend who lived the hard choices in health care when she was as young as 5... https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/boston-subway-accident-health-care.html

Thought it was relevant .


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[DrHenley]

I'm confused, are you saying Obamacare doesn't work, Doreena?

 

[Doreena]

I'm confused, are you saying Obamacare doesn't work, Doreena?

It never was allowed to mature, so we really can’t say if it would work or not. I feel it is/was a step in the right direction to get all people some sort of access to health care within our current system of insurance companies. Not the best solution, but better than no coverage, no preventative care, equally more expense to everyone... I prefer a universal coverage. I thought the article was interesting.


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[Brent S]

I agree some sort of universal care should be available to everyone. At least basic care. I keep hearing how we are the richest country in the world, yet we have no compassion to treat the poorest?