Canada's Health System Crumbling?

[roster]

What the new Canadian Medical Association President, Dr. Anne Doig, has to say:

..........We have to improve patient care. Period. ........... “I am not the saviour of medicare.” ........ “But we can't just sit back and smugly say we have the best health system in the world while our system is crumbling around us,” Dr. Doig said. ........... I see my patients not getting as good of care as they could and should and I don't find that acceptable. .............

The entire article is at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le1253871/

[Maple Leaf]

More political jargon IMO. No one in Canada worries about losing their home, savings etc if they should fall ill. Everyone is entitled to health-care. Statements of these sorts have been floating around Canada for 40 years. Sure some will share their horror stories.... Not me... have a peak at mt avatar

Rick

[roster]

........have a peak at mt avatar

Rick

How could I miss it?

I like to see people being patriotic.

[Maple Leaf]

How could I miss it?

I like to see people being patriotic.

A little bit more so now seeing how my son is over in Afghanistan..... stressful, but that's another topic

Regards, Rick

[BlackSpinner]

The only reason it is crumbling around us is that was have an ass of a prime minister who admires everything American.

[Julie]

OF COURSE there is lots of room for improvement! So what? Name a place (not Denmark please where everything works 100% all the time, but as the other guy said, in the end everyone's covered just about all of the time, even if that time gets a little long on occasion. No one's afraid to go to the ER when they need it, or their MD's office, or a clinic, and we've had this system so long, no one even thinks about money - you just produce your little card, and go sit in the waiting room. Done deal every time. Sheesh!

[Muse-Inc]

The only reason it is crumbling around us is that was have an ass of a prime minister who admires everything American.

[Froro]

Here is another article.

Doctor's pull back from recommending Private Medical in Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/ ... -care.html

[apnez]

The only reason it is crumbling around us is that was have an ass of a prime minister who admires everything American.

YES!!!!

Situation due to be "normalized" probably next fall!!!

[Slinky]

Ironic. I caught a bit of FoxNews - or was it CNN or .... ??? Just this morning anyway. There was a Canadian journalist on who made the comment that the Canadian health system was "imploding" on itself.

[Hawthorne]

I would certainly not believe everything I read or hear in the media about anything!

[WhoKnew]

Maybe it's just political rhetoric ramping up for a fall election. Seems to happen quite a bit, considering we have elections almost annually!

Personally, as a health-care worker and a consumer, it's not perfect, but it's not all bad either. We can access care without mortgaging our homes, or paying exorbitant private insurance fees. Yes, there are waiting lists, but perhaps, if people worked a little bit harder at maintaining their health, instead of figuring medical intervention will fix everything, those lists would be reduced. JMO.

Lynda