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Guns & Butter. I don't know about anyone else, but somebody quoting
out of pre-university economics texts certainly doesn't impress me. Luckily I have a life so i don't get upset when someone trash talks my country's health plan (how much is the US spending on Iraq again...btw it's too late it already IS the next Vietnam...) It would be great if folks could stick to the topic though. "Tarver Engineering" Canadians have "free healthcare" @ $1500 a month instead. Heathcare is far from free! Just check our income tax rates. At least in Canada everyones in the same boat and is covered. Your not turned away at the door if you don't have a healthy bank account or credit card. You won't get any support in Canada if you try and tamper with our medicare system. We spend less per capita on Medicare than you do in the USA under your system. Anyway, this doesn't have much to do with a military aviation newsgroup, does it! No, it doesn't, but one quick note, it is illegal for any health care provider in the US to refuse to treat someone for an acute condition. And we do not have long waiting lists for procedures. Not quite any healthcare provider. Specifically, emergency rooms are regulated by EMTALA: 42 USC Sec. 1395dd 01/16/96 -STATUTE- Examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions and women in labor (a) Medical screening requirement In the case of a hospital that has a hospital emergency department, if any individual (whether or not eligible for benefits under this subchapter) comes to the emergency department and a request is made on the individual's behalf for examination or treatment for a medical condition, the hospital must provide for an appropriate medical screening examination within the capability of the hospital's emergency department, including ancillary services routinely available to the emergency department, to determine whether or not an emergency medical condition (within the meaning of subsection (e)(1) of this section) exists. In other words, emergency condition, which does not equate to acute conditions. In practice, emergency is divided into emergent, urgent and routine, and routine may be fairly flexible. If you have a cold, they don't have to treat you. Emergency room treatment is the least cost-effective way to deal with chronic illnesses, especially if they don't get office treatment due to lack of coverage. There have been times I've had to choose between keeping the heat on and getting diabetic medication -- luckily, I knew a physician that provided me with samples. As far as procedures, well, yes. I waited a week for an urgent but not emergent coronary artery bypass--and the week was to clear aspirin from my system, which isn't even the current standard. Of course, I had excellent employer insurance at the time. At present, having been only able to find consulting for a couple of years, my best bet if I needed a repeat bypass would be to find a research trial for which I qualified. Otherwise, I'd be fundamentally out of luck. |
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"monkey" wrote in message om... Hush. |
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
... "monkey" wrote in message om... Hush. Get a life, clown. |
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