Comments on: Dr. Wes has a conversation about health care in Canada

By: Addyson Morrison

Addyson Morrison — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:18:00 +0000

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By: nas

nas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:28:18 +0000

This is news to me as I have spoken to many people candians who are my friends about their healthcare system and they all seem to say that the healthcare is great over there?

By: memory foam

memory foam — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:46:50 +0000

Thanks for this article. The distortions about the Canadian system that are spread for political purposes are getting tiresome. I am not Canadian but have many Canadian friends, and from them I’ve heard nothing but praise for the health care system.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:54:45 +0000

Thank you! I’m an American nursing student who has had on and off health insurance since starting my first college degree in 2000. I always put off going to see someone when something’s wrong because I know I either won’t be able to pay for the tests or treatment they recommend, or I’ll think it’s covered under one program or another and then I end up with a bill or a notice that I’m in collections for a bill I didn’t know about, and then there will be a long battle with a variety of insurance, provider, and government bureaucracies all denying responsibility. It’s only the very wealthy and those who treat the very wealthy who think we have it better than Canada, in my experience. I hope change is coming here!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:50:48 +0000

@windycity That does sound awful. I wish more doctors had the ability and/or balls to just say “no” to some of these families that insist on torturing their family members. This is certainly an ongoing issue in my ICU as well.

By: windycitynurse

windycitynurse — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:02:50 +0000

I work in a US urban med/surg ICU and frankly, I wish we had some sensible ‘rationing’ of care. I just finished a shift where a 91 year old person with history of colon ca (colostomy), wheelchair bound, diabetic, PVD, CAD, chronic renal insuff. and dementia in renal failure, going into resp. failure was intubated, swan’ed, and a quinton cath placed so dialysis could be started because The Family Wants Everything Done.

sweet jesus it was ugly, and all that ugly bought was a few extra days.

By: Undergrad RN

Undergrad RN — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:15:14 +0000

Ugh, THANK YOU for posting this! The slander just drives me crazy but I’m, sadly, not eloquent enough to rebel against it. I am a believer in public healthcare!

By: Shauna MacKinnon

Shauna MacKinnon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:24:37 +0000

I’ve been an MS patient for 11 years and have nothing but praise for the health care I have received from day one. From the doctors through to the cleaning staff of the hospital, it has been a positive experience for me.

I received an MRI on the same day I went to the hospital. I also enrolled in a drug study once I was diagnosed, but since my third year post dx, the provincial government has covered the cost of my MS med. Once a year I am assessed at the MS clinic, but have gone in a few other times for related events.

I have also had a couple of unrelated medical events that were treated efficiently and compassionately. And all of it paid for by the government.

Through a series of fortunate events I have a great team of health professionals checking me out on a regular basis. I am lucky with my workplace to have health coverage for (most) prescriptions and dental health.

I, too, am proud of our system.

By: Depression Blogg

Depression Blogg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:27:48 +0000

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