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O.k. defenders of the Canadian run system how about some facts to support the system has long-term viability. If Canadian trained doctors on a net basis are leaving the country, how are they going to fix that?
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Train more doctors?
Reduce 'free' money given to Doctor training, increase student loans for Doctors, and excuse large amounts of such loans for Doctors who stick around?
Import more Doctors from elsewhere?
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The government statistical agency estimates that more than 3.6 million Canadians, representing nearly 15 percent of the population, do not have a family doctor. That remains better than in the United States, where an estimated 20 percent do not have a regular doctor.
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Note that Canada is currently producing 88% of the increase in demand for Doctors. If this is accurate, then Canada's 15% lack-of-coverage will be going down over time to 12%.
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Originally Posted by Marv
You've said this several times, but you haven't mentioned what your annual deductible is.
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In Canada, your annual deductable is 0$. If you want to compare US vs Canadian health insurace, you should compare them at the apple-to-apple level.
There are some uncovered things that you need to get private insurance for, or pay for out-of-pocket. Like ambulance rides (50$), parking (2$), and drugs (in my case, my company's drug plan is "fill out a form, and get your money back". Plus dental, glasses every 2 years, short term and long term disability... Sort of neat what happens when companies have to look for things to insure. =) )