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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Two things about this:
1. "Researching" your doctor is a privilege that the U.S. system affords to the wealthy. If you're poor, you can only access urgent care. If you're middle-class, odds are good you're in an HMO--which means that your insurance company chooses your doctor for you. Not to mention that if you live in a rural area you really don't have any choices.
2. "top 10 in the world"? I'd like to see some metrics and data on that. I do know that outcomes in cardiac care are substantially better in Canada and Europe. Other than that, I don't know. My guess is you don't either--but if you do have access to some facts about this, I'd be interested in taking a look at them.
I've experienced both health care systems. Canada's isn't perfect--far from it, in fact. But the U.S. health care system runs like it was invented by monkeys. It is literally the worst imaginable system, regardless of how good the care offered to wealthy urbanites is.
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Trust me I live in the US and have no health coverage I know it is a problem. However, when the quality of coverage is compared to non developed countries I am smart enough to know which is better. Btw, of the 5 countries covered in this study Canada got the worst score in heart attack recovery rates not the US... Where is your evidence to back up your claim?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0505/p02s01-uspo.html