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Old 04-02-2013, 11:22 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan View Post
Health care in this province is a total mess, and I'm not convinced it's a funding problem at all.

Examples:

At my current doctor, it's one appointment to get your information in the system.
Another appointment in a few months when you are assigned a family doctor. During this appointment you may not address any health concerns. That needs to be another appointment. God help you if there are test results, no discussing those without an appointment.

So that's 4 appointments to get something simple checked out that requires any lab work. What a waste of money and resources.

It should have been one appointment and a phone call.
I think they get paid for appointments don't they? Motivation.

Here's the scary thing though . . . . . administratively, Canada and most other publicly funded health systems are about two or three times more efficient with dollars than the USA system where governments do not set pricing levels. The USA spends lots of money on healthcare with far less effect per person.

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