25 March 2008
Is This What We Want in the U.S.?
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: General .
Government run health care does not work as we have seen in England, Australia, and Canada. It’s cheerleaders are usually people who are prominent enough to get more timely care than the average citizen. I am tired of hearing the glowing reports from the few when the masses from the countries that have socialized health care are complaining. Even many of the prominent and wealthy come to the United States for better quality health care. I would hate to see us dealing with the kind of thing we see in this article:
ER rescue plan still in the air
Minister offers lifeline, but long-range funding fix must waitMichelle Lang, Calgary Herald
CALGARY - Alberta’s new health minister refused to commit today to covering Calgary Health Region’s deficit or paying for its plan to address problems in local emergency rooms.
Ron Liepert emerged from a meeting with CHR executives this afternoon saying the province’s treasury board will have to decide whether to fund the region’s $115-million request.
The meeting comes one month after CHR went public with concerns the Calgary health system was “stretched to the limit” over the Family Day long weekend. Physicians and region executives said patients in the emergency wards were waiting as long as 24 hours for a bed.
CHR, which runs the city’s four hospitals, told government it needs about $115 million to implement a “five-point” plan to free up more hospital beds as well as eliminate its deficit.
CHR also warned it would run out of cash before the next provincial budget.
Liepert has hinted that he hopes to bring Alberta’s ballooning health budget under control, saying last week the current health system isn’t sustainable and more spending hasn’t fixed the system.
“He can have any strategy he wants, he can be as tough as he wants,” said David Taras, a political analyst at the University of Calgary.
“But a year from now, if the lineups are longer and more people can’t get doctors, then the failure will be on his shoulders.”
10 Comments so far...
Jesse Says:
25 March 2008 at 12:23 am.
Why don’t the democrats see the disaster that government health care is? All you have to do is open your eyes. I don’t get it. I think if we could hold it off for a couple more years then the collapse of these country’s programs would prove it once and for all.
rorin Says:
25 March 2008 at 9:40 am.
I am taking a global ethics class right now and we recently had group projects where each group chose a country to research corruption in that country. Each group presented their findings to the class and it was interesting to see how prevalent corruption was in health care in every country with socialized medicine. Most of the time the quality of health care provided depended on the amount of the bribes paid to the doctors. It creates some awful situations and I hope we never come to that point.
T. Fan Says:
25 March 2008 at 11:29 am.
Rorin, that is very interesting info. Wouldn’t it be great if the press would report on that?
E.E. Says:
25 March 2008 at 11:49 am.
So if Canada’s system breaks, I wonder what they will do for medical care. Would it go right back to private health care? How long would it take and how many would suffer in the chaos?
Hank Says:
25 March 2008 at 1:02 pm.
We get so many Canadians coming down here to MA for health care. They love what we can give them and they hate their quality and the long waits. The difference is night and day. It is just nuts to try and follow them down into the pit.
Nalvy Says:
26 March 2008 at 1:39 pm.
The problem is T.Fan that the press wont report on that..
Why on earth would something as important as medical care be given such poor attention?? There really is no hope for the future some times
Cavetrollhead Says:
26 March 2008 at 2:28 pm.
I have a question about Mitt Romney’s health plan. It seems to be a good idea, although the jury is still out.
I just don’t understand how we can control inflation. The price is set by the doctors, right? Not the insurance companies, right? So when everyone becomes insured, health costs will just go up, right? So did Romney ever address cost? Are there any cost control strategy built in to the system?
(Since the doctor shortage doesn’t seem to stand a chance of shrinking)
Cavetrollhead Says:
26 March 2008 at 2:30 pm.
(Actually I believe the cost is indirectly ultimately set by the AMA or whoever controls graduation requirements for medical doctors. I hope you can connect the dots that I am making)
T. Fan Says:
26 March 2008 at 2:43 pm.
I remember him talking about it. It was a bit complicated for me but he did talk about the market forces keeping down costs, I just don’t think I really understood how.
Cavetrollhead Says:
26 March 2008 at 8:21 pm.
OK thanks T. Fan. I wonder what the details are. maybe I can look it up on his website somewhere.
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