Its an editorial, editorials are rather notorious for being fact free zones.
Besides I never said the Canadian system was perfect, just better than the private system the US uses. Actually the data suggests that the US' system is about the worst of the developed countries. The Canadian system just covers everyone regardless of their ability to pay. people are healthier and live longer. On a per person basis they pay less in effect. > Canadian Health Care We So Envy Lies In Ruins, Its Architect Admits > http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=299282509335931 > > What would drive a man like Castonguay to reconsider his long-held > beliefs? Try a health care system so overburdened that hundreds of > thousands in need of medical attention wait for care, any care; a > system where people in towns like Norwalk, Ontario, participate in > lotteries to win appointments with the local family doctor. > > > > BTW here's an interesting New England Journal of Medicine on the > costs > > of Health Care administration between the US and Canada: > > http://www.pnhp.org/publications/nejmadmin.pdf > > > > to quote from the summary: > > > > In 1999, health administration costs totaled at least $294.3 billion > > > in the United States, or $1,059 per capita, as compared with $307 > per > > capita in Canada. After exclusions, administration accounted for 31. > 0 > > percent of health care expenditures in the United States and 16.7 > > percent of health care expenditures in Canada. Canadaâs national > > health insurance program had overhead of 1.3 percent; the overhead > > among Canadaâs private insurers was higher than that in the United > > States (13.2 percent vs. 11.7 percent). Providersâ administrative > > costs were far lower in Canada. > > Between 1969 and 1999, the share of the U.S. health care labor force > > > accounted for > > by administrative workers grew from 18.2 percent to 27.3 percent. In > > > Canada, it grew > > from 16.0 percent in 1971 to 19.1 percent in 1996. (Both nationsâ > > figures exclude insurance-industry personnel.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
