Ok, my questions would be, of those 85% that are insured: - how much does it cost for that insurance? - how much does that insurance cover? - will that insurance try to refute claims? - will that insurance still carry a patient if they end up with a terminal illness?
Top-of-the-line care is nice. Canada and the UK also have top of the line care, so it's a bit of a misnomer in this context. What I see as the biggest problems with the US system are that it isn't universal and that even with insurance many many people still end up bankrupt. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:52 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> wrote: > > > > > Yes it is a major problem. One that is being addressed by provincial > > goverment as a top priority and has been improving. To be fair though, it > > pales in comparison to the major problems in the US system. > > > > I dunno.....we got our problems here, but the fact remains that 85% of > Americans have health insurance, and the VAST majority of those people get > immediate, top-of-the-line care. > > Just because we are looking for ways to get MORE people access to good > health care, and we are looking for ways that we can cut some fat so that > we > don't have to pay as much for the quality care that we do receive.....that > doesn't mean our system is completely in shambles, or that it "pales in > comparison" to other country's with quality health care. > > Our system is not a disaster....it just needs some work. > > -- > Some things will never change > That's just the way it is > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303053 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
