[HSF] Death on waiting list

[Donald Ross]

Hal,
It aint  bad everywhere but I agree there is no perfect solution. In  
Oz the stents have fixed our public cardiac surgery  waiting lists  
but if you need a hip there is a bit of a wait.
I guess we have a better funded public system than many because a  
fixed percentage of income is earmarked for health.
How do poor uninsured folk fare in USA where more of GDP is spent on  
health than any other country?
Don
On 17/04/2007, at 10:58 AM, Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:

> Dear Dave,
>   Your public system seems similar to nearly all the state systems   
> that I've
> seen or read about.  Canada has a disgraceful waiting period for   
> it's public
> cardiac surgical patients.  In addition, I've seen Canadian   
> patients with
> unstable symptoms who get cathed in Florida.  Unless they are   
> about to die,
> Canada will insist that they be flown back to Canada, presumably   
> to end up at
> the back of the line.  I have truly felt sorry for some of  those  
> poor patients.
>  The U.S. private system has its problems, but I sure  would hate  
> to see
> socialized medicine become the predominant player.
>
> Hal
>
>
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