You say that you have experienced the best care possible and then you the U.S. is unable to provide quality health care. Which is it?
I believe the U.S. offers the finest health care in the world. There are machines and tests available here that are not available elsewhere. EMS are able to save patients with severe injuries because of excellent training and rapid response. People travel from all over the world to come to the U.S. to be treated. Medical students from all over the world come to be trained in the U.S. because we have the finest medical schools in the world. My wife and I have considered retiring in Ecuador or Panama, but we will probably retire in the U.S. because we want to have the best possible health care.
Health care is not free. Not in Canada or any other country. Someone has to pay. It may be in the form of a tax or fee, but someone is paying.
There is more to the stories posted here from people not satisfied with their service or the charges. For instance, I visited a specialists at the Mayo Clinic a few weeks ago for a consultation. I got a bill for $318. That seems high for a ten minute discussion that resulted in me deciding not to have surgery. Then my insurance negotiated a reduction of $79.50 on the bill and paid $218.50, leaving me a balance of $20. The premium I pay for me health care and my wife's health care coverage is less than people pay in Canada. I don't have to wait weeks to be seen or to have tests performed. I have many choices of where to go.
You will have people in the U.S. who do not have insurance. They usually walk into an ER and get treated. Some cities use parking ticket fines to help offset the cost of treating poor people with no insurance. I can understand why some thing health care is a right, and want it for free. In the U.S. there is a growing number of people who live their lives expecting everything for free. They feel no personal responsibility to take care of themselves or their families. They want the government to do all of that for them.
I believe the U.S. offers the finest health care in the world. There are machines and tests available here that are not available elsewhere. EMS are able to save patients with severe injuries because of excellent training and rapid response. People travel from all over the world to come to the U.S. to be treated. Medical students from all over the world come to be trained in the U.S. because we have the finest medical schools in the world. My wife and I have considered retiring in Ecuador or Panama, but we will probably retire in the U.S. because we want to have the best possible health care.
Health care is not free. Not in Canada or any other country. Someone has to pay. It may be in the form of a tax or fee, but someone is paying.
There is more to the stories posted here from people not satisfied with their service or the charges. For instance, I visited a specialists at the Mayo Clinic a few weeks ago for a consultation. I got a bill for $318. That seems high for a ten minute discussion that resulted in me deciding not to have surgery. Then my insurance negotiated a reduction of $79.50 on the bill and paid $218.50, leaving me a balance of $20. The premium I pay for me health care and my wife's health care coverage is less than people pay in Canada. I don't have to wait weeks to be seen or to have tests performed. I have many choices of where to go.
You will have people in the U.S. who do not have insurance. They usually walk into an ER and get treated. Some cities use parking ticket fines to help offset the cost of treating poor people with no insurance. I can understand why some thing health care is a right, and want it for free. In the U.S. there is a growing number of people who live their lives expecting everything for free. They feel no personal responsibility to take care of themselves or their families. They want the government to do all of that for them.
