The article "Canada Sees Boom In Private Health Care Business" explains that several Canadians are starting to opt for private health care. It is interesting because it cites examples that contradict Michael Moore's documentary. "Facing long waits and substandard care, private clinics are proving that Canadians are willing to pay for treatment" (Line, 2009). Moore argues that Canadian's do not have to wait in line very long, but the article goes on to quote another "who was told she could wait up to a year for an MRI after injuring her hip during an exercise class. Warned she would have to wait for the scan, and then wait even longer for surgery" (Line, 2009). Canada's universal health care option has been in place for some time, and if they are still having problems, consider what an entire overhaul of the current U.S. health care system would do.
Canada is oft cited as being an example of what the U.S. could become in terms of health care, but as this article reveals, Canada is not without its problems either. Canadians are starting to go for privatization, while America is leaning toward universal care. Neither option is perfect, but the U.S. should look at the positives and negatives in Canada's health care, and then make a joint decision, not a political one.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/30/canada-sees-boom-private-health-care-business/
It is true that the United States has considered mimicking Canada's health-care policy, but has the research been done to show that it really is not as successful as we think? I feel that at this point we are in such a hurry for an "answer" to our own problems, we are trying to implement just about anything that will work. Whether that means something successful or not, we are just looking for a way out. One way we have chosen to do so is by following what those who surround us do, but is that really better? Why don't we work with our own problems and come up with a solution that can fix the United States and not try and take bits and pieces from other failing health-care policies? We have enough issues within our system, before taking on those of others, we need to solve our own.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the National Cancer Intelligence Center for the United Kingdom, and the Canadian Cancer Registry, if you have prostate cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, kidney cancer, cervical cancer, leukemia, etc., you have a greater chance of survival in the United States under the current health care system than you would under the nationalized systems of Canada and the U.K. Both my sister and father have battled cancer, my sister won, my father is still fighting it off. If we did not live in this country with private insurance, my family would not have been able to use the experimental drugs that nationalized systems do not pay for. What happens as a result? People die. It's no wonder that Canadians are beginning to move towards private insurance providers.
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