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- From: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman)
- Subject: Re: Canadian healthcare system
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.222346.3765@news.columbia.edu>
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- Reply-To: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman)
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:23:46 GMT
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- In article <C1FC0p.6EM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
- >There are several things wrong with it, and it is not all that much
- >cheaper than the cost in the US. One generally agreed problem is that
- >many "standard" procedures are not done in Canada, and while the Canadian
- >plan often picks up the costs, it does not pay the travel, and it does
- >not help defray the development costs, which US care does. For another,
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- Of course, were I Canadian, I could take a year off from school without
- worrying about paying for things like allergy and asthma medication.
-
- >one must find a primary care physician, and all else must be referred
- >through that doctor; I believe that changing such is difficult. Also,
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- The healthcare plan I'm currently on (via my parents) also requires finding
- a primary care physician, and changing such isn't particularly easy.
-
- -jenneke
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