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a lot more Americans use the Canadian system than the number of Canadians who use the American system?
The number of Americans who go to Canada to buy prescription medicine far outnumbers the Canadians who come to the states for surgery or testing.
If the Canadian healthcare system is so bad, why are so many Americans taking advantage of it?

2007-07-16 02:35:07 · 23 answers · asked by .... . .-.. .-.. --- 4 in Politics & Government Politics

23 answers

americans just fear not having private insurance. some don't understand that the flaws of national health insurance are much less than the current flaws we have to day with out system

personally I'm for mixed insurance. half private and half public. choose which one you want

2007-07-16 13:30:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Well let's just turn this around shall we. How come everyone who doesn't want to have to foot the bill for their own health care lauds the Canadian system while bashing the American system at every possible opportunity? Neither side is perfect, but the majority of arguments against socialized medicine are valid. Which include increased costs in the form of taxation and too much government control over essential decisions about your health. The American system is not perfect and it could do with some much needed reform, but the majority of people who support socialized medicine never get past this misinformed idea that it is free. It is not free. These systems are financed through higher income tax and numerous value added taxes. The average tax rates approach 50% when you factor in the hidden taxes in countries with socialed medicine. Now if you're happy spending half of your income just so other people can have health care which they are generally not willing to pay for themselves more power to you, but I will fight it to the bitter end. The United States needs to address high medical costs and inequities in insurance, but we do not need another huge entitlement. Lastly, if the United States goes socialized in medicine you can forget those low drug prices in Canada. It costs money to develope new drugs and many countries are benefitting from the higher costs we pay, but once the government takes over those high costs will be passed on across the board to every country desiring a particular type of drug.

2007-07-16 06:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan 7 · 0 0

Americans bash it because they are victims of propaganda.

Americans are told daily that government regulateded health care causes long lines and poor care. Americans are convinced that the government can't possible do anything right and therefore should not be involved in health care (although the Postal Service, police and fire services, Dept. of Transportation, etc. seenm to function pretty efficiently.) Americans are told that good doctors will leave and go to other countries because their income will be limited by the government here.

Basically, in America the corporations run the government. And private health care is a very profitable scam; health care companies make hundreds of billions of dollars in profits and provide as little care as possible because they have a responsibility to the shareholder first and the client second. In what other industry do you pay for a service that you may never need, and when you do need it, it is in the companies best interest NOT to provide it.

Anyway, these companies spends millions of dollars (just a small fraction of their profits) to buy off politicians and spread propoganda that government healthcare is evil so that they can continue to rake in their billions. So we have 50 million Americans with no health care and many more millions that have health care that will not pay their claims because, well, they don't want to.

At least if the government regulated health care, they would actually CARE that you received adequate treatment. Health care companies don't want you to get treatment, it cuts into their profit margin.

2007-07-16 02:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by Mitchell . 5 · 2 1

That's an interesting question. Then problem with canada's system is not at the user end, most prescriptions are cheaper and surgeries are comparable to most US facilities. However, Canadians have to pay much higher taxes to finance this. The reason more do not come over for surgery is because they would have to pay a huge amopunt here, while they would get it for free there, and already pay for it in their taxes. This does not mean our system is perfect, it just means we both have flaws.

2007-07-16 02:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by sas556 2 · 2 0

Not only Canadians "hate" Americans, but also Europeans, Middle Eastern Arabs ...etc. Why? Because of American arrogant political behaviour. America is continuously trying to control the World. E.g. applying sanctions to Iran, but not to Israel (remember Israel developed the Nuclear weapons illegally), from 1950 the US bombarded more than 20 countries... etc. Actually people do not hate the Americans per se, but the politics of the American government.

2016-04-01 06:45:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The fact that many seniors game the Canadians when it comes to their taxpayers subsidizing drug prices does not mean that those same seniors would get on a waiting list in Canada for a hip replacement. I also suspect that the new prescription drug benefit put into effect for medicare receipiants by Bush will reduce that trans boarder scam.

2007-07-16 02:41:14 · answer #6 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 2 0

I've heard a lot of Canadians bashing they're own health system, which is why Americans do it. Who should know the Canadian health system better than the Canadians?

2007-07-16 02:38:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5 1

I haven't heard anyone bash it, I have heard of Canadians coming down to the USA to get past the long waiting list for operations in Canada, of course they pay for it down here

2007-07-16 08:54:54 · answer #8 · answered by Samantha 6 · 0 0

Because when my grand-father was diagnosed with cancer the vaunted Canadian health-care system wouldn't treat him. They offered him a nice room at a hospice. Fortunately he lived near Buffalo and went over the border. He had surgery there and id doing very nicely 8 years later at 85. No signs of cancer at all. If he had no recourse other than in Canada he would have died years ago.

2007-07-16 02:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by Brian 7 · 6 1

The people who oppose universal health-care (mainly physicians, hospitals and drug companies) are the ones criticizing. They would lose profits under the Canadian system.

So it's not really criticism, its holding on to your own golden egg. They can't say the real reason so they must distort the truth or use half truths to confuse things.

Your point is well taken though.

2007-07-16 02:44:54 · answer #10 · answered by Topsail 3 · 2 2

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