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Originally Posted by ziadel
my knee-jerk reaction is to start complaining about the litigous (is that even a word?) nature of our society, as most of what you are being charged is most likely to cover the hospitals mal-practice insurance...
but yeah, health-care is ridiculously expensive, I guess if you were so inclined you could move to canada and get free-healthcare, but if you were up there from what I have been told your hairline fracture would have taken a solid week to adress  |
um... dont know where you get your info from. I went to the hospital ER for a broken arm. It was xrayed, set and in a temp cast within 45 mins. the follow up three days later saw a fibreglass cast put on (bright green) there was no wait. Plus the tylenol 3's were complimentary. my out of pocket: $10 for the green colouring on my cast. (it would have beeen free if i chose white or gray).
This was at the Toronto East General Hospital.
By the way, last December 23rd I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and had my operation there (same hospital) on Jan 6, and was scheduled for my radiation treatment from march 1 through march 18 (i had to wait for my surgery to heal). All done to schedule, and at no out of pocket for me.
So what ever stories you hear about waiting times up here are obviously sensationalist.