[HSF] Death on waiting list

[hgrmd at aol.com]

Don,
  The Oz solution of setting aside a percentage of the income make a lot of sense.  Unfortunately, that often cuts into the cigarette and beer money of certain patients.  The unfunded in the U.S. may or may not do well.  A lot of it depends on their ingenuity and willingness to wait in line.
 
Hal 
 
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From: donross at bigpond.com
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [HSF] Death on waiting list


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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