RE: Health Insurance: Canada Wins
March 21, 2017 at 5:31 pm
(This post was last modified: March 21, 2017 at 5:35 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:Conservatives believe the "free-market" can solve all problems because that is all their leadership (media and political) has ever told them.
Conservatards believe in the "free-market" the same way religitards believe in their invisible sky-daddy. The fucker can do anything except provide evidence of its existence.
(March 21, 2017 at 5:11 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: There are lots of problems with the Canadian health care system. People who make it seem like the magic bullet of health care have never had to go on a 16 month waiting list to get a hernia taken care of, as a close friend of mine was put on before opting to get it taken care of in the US. Or as an ex-girlfriend of mine, never even been called back for 3 months while trying to schedule surgery to get rods taken out of her back.
I wouldn't be opposed to making our health care system like that, but lets not pretend it's the perfect system or has no problems.
How long would someone in the US have to wait for hernia surgery if they had no insurance and were too poor to pay the bill?
Quote:The average price for surgery is very high
Below is an excerpt from an actual hospital bill for hernia surgery. Of particular note is the operating room charge of $11,570.00 for first 30 minutes in the operating room and pain pills are $35.00 each. The total bill was $27,967.00.
http://www.noinsurancesurgery.com/hernia...y-cost.htm
