The US system is good in the sense that a lot more money circulates through it; doctors get paid a lot more, equipment is more current, crowding and wait times aren't as big an issue, and more procedures, which aren't approved by our Government, can be performed there. The downside is that it nearly bankrupts you.
Here it's almost just the opposite. While it's practically free in comparison (which is a huge plus), we have stupid wait times/crowding issues, and doctors don't have much incentive to practice here, so they're leaving for elsewhere where they can make a lot more. Calgary, for example, recently lost 45 family practicioners, each with about 2500 patients. So you have something like 60,000 people left without a family doctor.
Let me know what you think about Sunday later. If you'd rather we go see the movie on Monday instead of sitting around and watching Prison Break, we could do that, I guess.
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Date: 2008-01-18 04:33 am (UTC)Here it's almost just the opposite. While it's practically free in comparison (which is a huge plus), we have stupid wait times/crowding issues, and doctors don't have much incentive to practice here, so they're leaving for elsewhere where they can make a lot more. Calgary, for example, recently lost 45 family practicioners, each with about 2500 patients. So you have something like 60,000 people left without a family doctor.
Let me know what you think about Sunday later. If you'd rather we go see the movie on Monday instead of sitting around and watching Prison Break, we could do that, I guess.