The Debt Clean-Up That Awaits Us

Tried and true.

LOL, where do you get your propaganda???

Waiting for service like in the UK, Canada?

Maybe taxpayers paying huge taxes to support more government bloat.

Why is it people from Nirvana come to the US for medical services???

Canada’s single-payer healthcare system forced over 1 million patients to wait for necessary medical treatments last year. That’s an all-time record.

Those long wait times were more than just a nuisance; they cost patients $1.9 billion in lost wages, according to a new reportby the Fraser Institute, a Vancouver-based think-tank.

Lengthy treatment delays are the norm in Canada and other single-payer nations, which ration care to keep costs down. Yet more and more Democratic leaders are pushing for a single-payer system – and more and more voters are clamoring for one.

Move to Canada, you can stand in line there.

I’ve considered moving to Sweden where my distant Swedish relatives have an excellent health care system.

There is nothing that prevents you from paying your fair share as the IRS is killing to accept your money.

Why is it you demand everyone else pay first before you pay?

And the government is responsible for the jobless issues we have today. GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES not the virus.
Las flu season 80K micas dies fo the flu. in 68, the Hong Kong flu killed over 100K Americans dies for the flu, no a peep out of people like yourself or the media.

Over 600K americans die from heart disease every year and not a peep out of people like yourself as Americans continue to be fat asses eating their way into a coronary. 60%+ or Americans are infected with over eating to the point of obesity and over weight.
p.s. These 2 conditions creating secondary issues are prime reasons for a corona death.

The only thing Canadian patients are “guaranteed” is a spot on a waitlist. As the Fraser report notes, in 2017, more than 173,000 patients waited for an ophthalmology procedure. Another 91,000 lined up for some form of general surgery, while more than 40,000 waitedfor a urology procedure.

All told, nearly 3% of Canada’s population was waiting for some kind of medical care at the endof last year.

Those delays were excruciatingly long. After receiving a referral from a general practitioner, the typical patient waited more than 21 weeks to receive treatment from a specialist. That was the longest average waiting period on record – and more than doublethe median wait in 1993.

Rural patients faced even longer delays. For instance, the average Canadian in need of orthopedic surgery waited almost 24 weeks for treatment – but the typical patient in rural Nova Scotia waited nearly39 weeks for the same procedure.

One Ontario woman, Judy Congdon, learned that she needed a hip replacement in 2016, according to the Toronto Sun . Doctors initially scheduled the procedure for September 2017 – almost a year later. The surgery never happened on schedule. The hospital ran over budget, forcing physicians to postponethe operation for another year.

In the United States, suffering for a year or more before receiving a joint replacement is unheard of. In Canada, it’s normal.

Canadians lose a lot of money waiting for their “free” socialized medicine. On average, patients forfeitover $1,800 in lost wages. And that’s only counting the working hours they miss due to pain and immobility.

The Fraser Institute researchers also calculated the valueof all the waking hours that patients lost because they couldn’t fully function. The toll was staggering– almost $5,600 per patient, totaling $5.8 billion nationally. And those calculations ignore the value of uncompensated care provided by family members, who often take time off work or quit their jobs to help ill loved ones.

Canada isn’t an anomaly. Every nation that offers government-funded, universal coverage features long wait times. When the government makes health care “free,” consumers’ demand for medical services surges. Patients have no incentive to limit their doctor visits or choose more cost-efficient providers.

To prevent expenses from ballooning, the government sets strict budget caps that only enable hospitals to hire a limited number of staff and purchase a meager amount of equipment. Demand inevitably outstrips supply. Shortages result.

Just look at the United Kingdom’s government enterprise, the National Health Service, which turns 70 this July. Today, British hospitals are so overcrowdedthat doctors regularly treat patients in hallways. The agency recently canceledtens of thousands of surgeries, including urgentcancer procedures, because of severe resource shortages. And this winter, nearly 17,000 patients waitedin the backs of their ambulances – many for an hour or more – before hospital staff could clear space for them in the emergency room.

Most Americans would look at these conditions in horror. Yet Sen. Sanders and his fellow travelers continue to treat the healthcare systems in Canada and the UK as paragons to which America should aspire.

Go for out.

When do you leave???

Perhaps you should address the illegal population as well as the ass ylum seekers and how they suck the healthcare system dry diverting the costs to the taxpayers. Getting rid of them would lower our costs as well as improving care dramatically.

In Sweden, the average person’s life expectancy is three years longer than an American’s life expectancy. They are doing well health-wise as well as money-wise there with their universal health care system. Health care costs there are ca. 9 percent of their GDP in comparison to health care costs in America being ca. 14 percent of our American GDP. Swedish Urgent cases are always prioritized and emergency cases are treated immediately. The national guarantee of care, [Vårdgaranti] lays down standards for waiting times for scheduled care, aiming to keep waiting time below 7 days for a visit to a [primary care physician.

There is no comparison.

Sweden has 10 million people, the US has 335 million.

There more illegals in the US than the entire population of Sweden.

In Sweden, private insurance premiums and treatment are more expensive, but many citizens and expats prefer to pay in order to ensure that all of their medical needs are met and to avoid longer waits for the public service.
1 in 10 people have private healthcare. Within the past couple of decades, the use of private healthcare has been increasing.

Number of hospitals, 79.
Private hospitals also exist, and there are no waiting lists for them.

The central government dictates health policy, but the system is decentralised, meaning that county councils and municipal governments are responsible for providing services.

If you qualify for care under Sweden’s universal healthcare system you can use any public hospital. However, because there aren’t a high number of hospitals, sometimes the waiting times can be long.

Doctor appointments:
Once you request an appointment, you should have one within a week.
I call the doc and he see’s me within 48hours.

Specialist:
Patients needing to see a specialist shouldn’t have to wait longer than 90 days for the appointment.
My ortho surgeon sees me within 72 hours.

I hear you and your praises for Sweden, no thanks.