Yeah... but that article is also Canadian, and probably shouldn't be trusted.
-Tod Hansmann On 4/14/2010 9:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: > From: Stuart Jansen<[email protected]> > >> On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 18:45 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: >> >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> In Canada, for example, you could buy >>>> health insurance from a private entity, but since it's >>>> illegal for you to do so there, someone could be sent to >>>> prison for it. >>>> >>> As Canada does not actually have a socialized medicine >>> >> program (like the NHS) but only a public health insurance >> >>> program, private, supplemental health insurance is not >>> only legal, but very common, and this dual system works >>> quite well for Canadians (I know of which I speak). >>> >> What Michael is too polite to mention is why he "knows of >> which he speaks". I've decided to be more direct. >> >> Michael is Canadian. >> >> Transation: alpheus's reputation just went through a >> chipper shredder. He parroted a lie and got called on it by. >> >> At this point, any reasonable observer has to ask "how many >> of his other opinions are based on lies he didn't bother >> researching?" >> > According to an article in the "Canadian Medical Association Journal": > > "WE ADDRESSED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER PRIVATE HEALTH CARE IS ILLEGAL in > Canada by surveying the health insurance legislation of all 10 provinces. Our > survey revealed multiple layers of regulation that seem to have as their > primary objective preventing the public sector from subsidizing the private > sector, as opposed to rendering privately funded practice illegal. Private > insurance for medically necessary hospital and physician services is illegal > in only 6 of the 10 provinces. Nonetheless, a significant private sector has > not developed in any of the 4 provinces that do permit private insurance > coverage. The absence of a significant private sector is probably best > explained by the prohibitions on the subsidy of private practice by public > plans, measures that prevent physicians from topping up their public sector > incomes with private fees." > > > From the Conclusion of the article: > > "In our survey of health insurance legislation and regulations, we found that > regulation of physicians' ability to practise in the privately funded sector > is complex and diverse across Canada's 10 provinces. We found multiple layers > of different kinds of regulation that seem to have as their primary objective > not to make private practice illegal but rather to prevent the development of > a private sector that depends on subsidy from the public sector." This is a > very good example of how regulation causes monopoly, limits competition, and > prevents increase in quality of services--although that's not the point of > this article. > > The article could be found at > "http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/164/6/825";. Thus, I'm only 60% correct > when I parroted something I read a while ago; or more, when you consider the > red tape involved in the remaining 40% significantly reduce the options. > > Thus, Michael may be Canadian, but Canada isn't as friendly to private health > insurance as he makes it out to be, either! > > If Canada's health care is so great, why did Newfoundland and Labrador > Premier Danny Williams feel he needed to come to the United States for heart > surgery, rather than wait in line for heart surgery as the typical Canadian > who gets surgery in Canada would have to do? > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Penny Stock Jumping 2000% > Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4bc5de36c2bbba04dst02vuc > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
