"Universal Healthcare" seems to be a mantra we hear – millions without health insurance! "How can we, the lone superpower, do this to our people!" are splayed across the pages.
All we have to do is look at other Anglosphere countries that have it. Look at Canada – their medical professionals are coming here to practice. In Canada:
Average wait for a simple MRI is three months.
In Manitoba, the median wait for neurosurgery is 15.2 months.
For chemotherapy in Saskatchewan, patients can expect to be in line for 10 weeks. At last report, 10,000 breast cancer patients who waited an average of two months for post-operation radiation treatments have filed a class action lawsuit against Quebec’s hospitals.
And this from England:
For knee surgery, the public were prepared to wait for three months and expected to wait for five months.
The actual wait for a knee replacement is a year, data from Dr Foster suggests
Now, who here in the US is willing to wait that long? Here’s some more….
CURRENT WAITING TIMES IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
8 months for cataract surgery
11 months for a hip replacement
12 months for a knee replacement
5 months to repair a slipped disc
5 months for a hernia repair
Yes, it is "free" and supported by tax dollars. But because it is "free" at a personal level does not mean it is really free. TANSTAAFL – There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. Someone, somewhere, has to pay. The supply of anything like this is not infinite. Therefore, it has to be regulated and conserved.
Can you imagine the reactions of Americans having to wait for this type of thing? All we have to do is look at the VA system – not everything is given to all vets right away. I can imagine what my son (recently discharged from the Marines – he has a knee injury) is going to go through to get his knee looked at. Under our present system, when I needed an MRI for my back, I was scheduled and into the MRI room in 5 working days. Period.
Want more? From Capitalism Magazine:
If you’re a man diagnosed with prostate cancer, you have a 57 percent chance of it killing you in Britain. In the United States, the chance of dying drops to 19 percent
Among women with breast cancer, for example, there’s a 46 percent chance of dying from it in Britain, versus a 25 percent chance in the United States.
On the availability of equipment, explains Bartholomew, Britain has only half as many CT scanners per million people as the United States, and half as many MRI scanners
We have flaws in our system….but be careful for which you wish for.
