re: #220 jamesfirecat

“You are right to note there is no comparison with US wait times. That said, I would imagine the wait times here are shorter”

Sorry, but what you “imagine” is not a convincing argument.

I will agree with you the ultra premium deluxe tycoon wash service healthcare that US hospitals are capable of providing is of better quality than anything you would find in Canada or the UK, the problem is how many people can afford that level of healthcare?

The problem is that how many people in the US can afford that level of health care?

So far I’m not seeing anything that clearly paints the run of the mill US healthcare as better than its Canadian version and a fair amount to say that it is worse…

All true- but is our system worse when all is said and done?

There are both federal and state provisions for the uninsured to receive health care and no one is ever turned away from a county hospital (or any hospital if the condition is serious). Here in Raleigh, there was a big brouhaha because an undocumented alien got a liver transplant gratis and then was paid a fortune because of subsequent problems