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- From: wc4209@writer.yorku.ca (Irene Berkovich)
- Subject: Re: Canadian healthcare system
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.051652.2061@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
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- References: <1993Jan25.130426.750@fuug.fi> <C1FC0p.6EM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1993Jan25.222346.3765@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:16:52 GMT
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- Broekman) writes:
- >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,
- >
- >Of course, were I Canadian, I could take a year off from school without
- >worrying about paying for things like allergy and asthma medication.
-
- The Canadian health plan only covers medication costs for seniors
- (>65) and welfare recipients. If you're poor, but not poor enough for
- welfare you're out of luck.
-
- >
- >>one must find a primary care physician, and all else must be referred
- >>through that doctor; I believe that changing such is difficult. Also,
- >
- There is absolutely no difficulty at all changing family doctors.
- One simply requests their records be transferred and voila. I think
- it's a good thing that all referrals be done through the family
- doctor. Most times nno referral is needed at all because the family
- doctorr can manage the problem quite well without running the expense
- to the system of a much higher paid specialist.
-
-
- >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 is: jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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