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If a company, hospital or doctor's office has less of a financial interest in keeping you compliant with the doctor's orders, then you will have fewer patients who are compliant and this will lead to more unnecissary medical costs down the road.
Its called being penny wise and pound foolish
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I don't think that would happen at all, very few people don't follow doctors orders.
So what your saying if they don't need to keep customers in to make a profit the'll stop trying? The same could be said about the police. If they don't have to catch a crook twice as fast as the nearest competitor the'll stop trying.
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I agree the concept of everyone having health insurance is great. Provided the quality of coverage remains the same, there is no problem.
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Exactly. As long as there is a competent government in place i don't think it would would be much of a problem.
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Its not a linear extrapolation. If fewer people become doctors, then fewer people are diagnosed with conditions such as COPD or diabetics in an early stage when the treatment is less intrusive and less costly. Also, if the doctors are required to crank them out like an assembly line due to government reimbursement schedules, then you still have the same problem. If a nurse or physical therapist goes under the same socialized scenario, then training and education for the patients goes way down. That means compliance with treatment goes way down and more people become sick.
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2 questions. Why would fewer people become doctors? Why would the government put in place a reimbursement schedule?
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Instead of turning this into a class war or following the same failed linear extrapolation that everyone else uses, why don't we look for more efficient ways to work within the current system. There are so many constructive ways to improve what we have that its crazy to not try this route first.
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No doubt you could you make the current system for efficient but it will never be a fair system.
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The Fraser Institute keeps track of Canada's socialized health-care system. In its 13th annual waiting-list survey, it shows that the average time a patient waited between referral from a general practitioner to treatment rose from 16.5 weeks in 2001-02 to 17.7 weeks in 2003. Saskatchewan had the longest average waiting time of nearly 30 weeks, while Ontario had the shortest, 14 weeks.
The Ontario act makes it illegal to pay your way to the front of the line to insure no one can avoid the line.
Now think a minute. Do you like this act or not? If you do, then you are focusing on the wrong problem. The problem is not that it is unfair that some, because of their financial well-being, are able to jump ahead of the line, but the line itself.
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I won't depute that the rich without doubt get a better health service in the U.S. but you are focusing on the wrong point. The not so well of will have to for a incredible long time to get treated. Some who simply can't afford it will wait for a infinite time. Balance the rich and poor and the waiting times balance out with Canada. The only difference being the that everyone has to wait the same amount of time there instead of those with money getting health care far quicker than anyone else.