Comments on: Canadian Health Care http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/ Stuff worth writing about Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:23:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: J.D. http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-13913 J.D. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:10:23 +0000 http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-13913 You are mistaken. By no means is it <i>illegal</i> to seek private health care. In fact, if you read the article I linked to in the original post, you'll discover that there are still some private health insurers in Canada that cover whatever gaps the public system has. (Sorry that your comment got stuck in moderation for so long!) You are mistaken. By no means is it illegal to seek private health care. In fact, if you read the article I linked to in the original post, you’ll discover that there are still some private health insurers in Canada that cover whatever gaps the public system has.

(Sorry that your comment got stuck in moderation for so long!)

]]> By: Doug Ransom http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-13181 Doug Ransom Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:48:56 +0000 http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-13181 "As you might imagine, this greatly reduces overhead and waste for the doctors, who no longer have to deal with dozens of different insurance companies and who no longer have to argue with an insurance company to convince them to pay for their patients’ care." Not really. Just reduces services. You now have one insurance company who decides what to pay for, and instead of price rationing health care , the rationing is done by central planners. So you may or may not be covered for what you would be with a private program, and if you are not covered for a treatment by public healthcare or you are covered but treatment is not available in the public system, seeking treatment in Canada with your resources is illegal. You have to go to another country to secure services, and people do. “As you might imagine, this greatly reduces overhead and waste for the doctors, who no longer have to deal with dozens of different insurance companies and who no longer have to argue with an insurance company to convince them to pay for their patients’ care.”

Not really. Just reduces services. You now have one insurance company who decides what to pay for, and instead of price rationing health care , the rationing is done by central planners.

So you may or may not be covered for what you would be with a private program, and if you are not covered for a treatment by public healthcare or you are covered but treatment is not available in the public system, seeking treatment in Canada with your resources is illegal. You have to go to another country to secure services, and people do.

]]> By: J.D. http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-12768 J.D. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:51:33 +0000 http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-12768 I have too, but I've also heard really good things about it too, also from people who live there. I have too, but I’ve also heard really good things about it too, also from people who live there.

]]> By: Barbara H. http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-12767 Barbara H. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:39:49 +0000 http://www.jdharper.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/canadian-health-care/#comment-12767 I've heard awful things about the Canadian health care system from people who live there. I’ve heard awful things about the Canadian health care system from people who live there.

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