I'm watching 20/20 right now and they have a great bit on health care systems in Canada and the US. It's been a big topic in our house because my husband (who is American) likes the US system much better than ours here in Canada.
Some highlights:
- a city in Ontario that has a LOTTERY to see who gets a family doctor
- the average wait after being admitted to the hospital is 23 hours.... before you get a bed. So you're admitted.... but sitting in the hall for a day. (this happens to my grandmother almost every time she's admitted)
- 6 month wait for an MRI.... unless you are a dog.
I interviewed a guy this week who works with hospitals in the US and he talked about how "patient satisfaction" is actually rated and considered important at US hospitals. Here? Yeah, not going to happen.
Here it's "why are you complaining about the wait? It's "free"!"
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