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I have read some bashing of the Canadian health care system by some of the supporters of the current US system that has over 3 million uninsured people, and has big health insurance companies dictating how people should be treated instead of the doctors.
Well, I just would like to share my personal experience of how this terrible communist system with long waiting lists worked for my family.
At 3:00 am March 19, my father had a lot of bleeding from his rectum when he went to the bathroom. My mom woke me up and I called 911 to get the paramedics. They arrived in 10 minutes. They took my father to the hospital about 15 minutes away. He was admitted to the emergency room, where a dr. saw him in 40 minutes. He determined that my father was stable, and called for the gastroeneterology service to see him. They came by in about 2 hrs, and arranged for a colonoscopy to be done in the afternoon at around 4:30 pm. They did the procedure and cauterized the section of the colon to stop it bleeding and also found a polyp which was also removed and sent for testing to determine if it is cancerous.
I took him back home around 6:30 pm and he is now resting comfortably, but a bit weak from loss of blood and the procedure.
Did you notice something in all this? All we had to take was his Provincial Health Insurance card in and no cost for anything. All Canadian residents have health care and are able to receive treatment when it is needed without worrying about whether the private insurance company will cover it, or some in other countries having no insurance and wondering how to pay the bill.
There will be some who say look at the example of Danny Williams the premier of Newfoundland. He went to the US because the procedure that was recommended by his dr. was not available in Canada. If it was available he would have had the procedure done in Canada.
We don't have to worry about increased insurance premiums if a serious illness occurs, like cancer or that insurance is lost because of unemployment.
This is not to say our system is perfect - it can be improved, but neither is it the EVIL communist system that some would like to proclaim.
Well, I just would like to share my personal experience of how this terrible communist system with long waiting lists worked for my family.
At 3:00 am March 19, my father had a lot of bleeding from his rectum when he went to the bathroom. My mom woke me up and I called 911 to get the paramedics. They arrived in 10 minutes. They took my father to the hospital about 15 minutes away. He was admitted to the emergency room, where a dr. saw him in 40 minutes. He determined that my father was stable, and called for the gastroeneterology service to see him. They came by in about 2 hrs, and arranged for a colonoscopy to be done in the afternoon at around 4:30 pm. They did the procedure and cauterized the section of the colon to stop it bleeding and also found a polyp which was also removed and sent for testing to determine if it is cancerous.
I took him back home around 6:30 pm and he is now resting comfortably, but a bit weak from loss of blood and the procedure.
Did you notice something in all this? All we had to take was his Provincial Health Insurance card in and no cost for anything. All Canadian residents have health care and are able to receive treatment when it is needed without worrying about whether the private insurance company will cover it, or some in other countries having no insurance and wondering how to pay the bill.
There will be some who say look at the example of Danny Williams the premier of Newfoundland. He went to the US because the procedure that was recommended by his dr. was not available in Canada. If it was available he would have had the procedure done in Canada.
We don't have to worry about increased insurance premiums if a serious illness occurs, like cancer or that insurance is lost because of unemployment.
This is not to say our system is perfect - it can be improved, but neither is it the EVIL communist system that some would like to proclaim.
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