Many Americans have the wrong idea about your system. Can you help to dispel these myths? You have to wait months for cat scans. Health care raises your taxes way up, and any other thing that you can add to the discussion would be appriciated.
2007-01-26 11:41:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I'm not Canadian but there are many myths regarding the US and health care:
Myth One: The United States has the best health care system in the world.
Fact One: The United States ranks 23rd in infant mortality, down from 12th in 1960 and 21st in 1990
Fact Two: The United States ranks 20th in life expectancy for women down from 1st in 1945 and 13th in 1960
Fact Three: The United States ranks 21st in life expectancy for men down from 1st in 1945 and 17th in 1960.
Fact Four: The United States ranks between 50th and 100th in immunizations depending on the immunization. Overall US is 67th, right behind Botswana
Fact Five: Outcome studies on a variety of diseases, such as coronary artery disease, and renal failure show the United States to rank below Canada and a wide variety of industrialized nations.
Conclusion: The United States ranks poorly relative to other industrialized nations in health care despite having the best trained health care providers and the best medical infrastructure of any industrialized nation
Myth Two: Universal Health Care Would Be Too Expensive
Fact One: The United States spends at least 40% more per capita on health care than any other industrialized country with universal health care
Fact Two: Federal studies by the Congressional Budget Office and the General Accounting office show that single payer universal health care would save 100 to 200 Billion dollars per year despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits.
Fact Three: State studies by Massachusetts and Connecticut have shown that single payer universal health care would save 1 to 2 Billion dollars per year from the total medical expenses in those states despite covering all the uninsured and increasing health care benefits
There's lots more at the link below.
I worry about young people today-in 1987 I paid $10 a month for health insurance for my son and I-today, I would pay $600 a month for lesser insurance. I've quit paying since it's more than rent-but I can't imagine what it will cost in 10-20 years for young families. Or for the 30 yr olds today who are 50 in 20 years...
By the way, I'm perfectly healthy and take no medications, etc. If I had health problems, I would pay $1000.
2007-01-26 12:03:58 · answer #1 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
As a Canadian I am completely happy with our system and would NOT switch to a US system. Oh, we are far from perfect. But the Internet has made the world a smaller place, and I can tell you some American horror stories told to me by the people living them. Meanwhile, my family and freinds in Canada have always recieved the care they needed. The biggest problems with Canadian health has nothing to do with the system. We are a small aging population in a huge land. We have the population of California in 10 times the area. Thus we have limited resources such as tax collection, and have to consider how many hospitals we have to equip. All that and still our life expectancy and other quality of life always tend to be ranked higher than the US. Again though, we are not number one and why settle on being better than the US, when we can always look to improve. Which we do. We look to how we can improve, and the US media just jumps over any opportunity to point to that and say see how bad the Canadian system is. When in actual fact, it is just Americans scared of anything that might seem a bit socialist.
2016-05-24 03:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as a side note, universal health care would severely hurt the economy by removing incentives to produce new drugs, procedures, etc. Countries with universal health care have virtually zero R&D in health care. One of the reasons US health care is so expensive is that we do all the R&D, which benefits our economy, and then other countries take advantage of the results.
2007-01-26 13:37:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Oh, yes! Far better than Americans' health care plan.
2007-01-26 15:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by FILO 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Universal health care stinks. Period. I don't have to be Canadian to tell you anything the government sticks its nose into gets ruined. Better yet, name one government program that hasn't had the costs soar, the quality decline and the purpose left unfulfilled? We've been fighting this so called war on poverty for 30 years and its gone nowhere. SS is broke. Welfare is a joke. Border security is non-existent. Shall I continue???
2007-01-26 11:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
sounds like YOU are trying to dispel it. I think its great, havent heard or had a problem. quit trying to slander propaganda....eh
2007-01-26 11:50:27 · answer #6 · answered by raztis 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Can not dispel facts.
2007-01-26 11:47:22 · answer #7 · answered by Bawney 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If you like it so much, why don't you move to Canada and continue to let capitalism rule in America.
2007-01-26 12:06:56 · answer #8 · answered by rwill54287 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
HA HA HA. Wait till you get sick and your insurance won't cover you any more.
2007-01-26 11:58:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋