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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 566453" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>Not to mention I've read the horror stories of the time it takes just to get in a typical doctor's office for a checkup or other minor issue. Having to wait weeks to see a doctor, or even years for one to be assigned to you is ridiculous in my opinion. This is not even taking into consideration the time to see a specialist if a real problem arises. If I need to see a doctor I can leave my home and be speaking with my doctor in about an hour, including driving time, with no appointment made prior. Could I do that in Canada? Will I still have that luxury here with nationalized healthcare? Our system may be expensive, and have its flaws, but considering our country appears to be the safe haven for people all over the world needing medical care I don't think its all that bad. Not to mention the fixes are nowhere near as complicated as the messiah and the dems are proposing.</p><p></p><p>Something else to ponder is what happens to our healthcare as we age? My grandfather was diagnosed with malignant melanoma when he was 86 years old. A previous doctor's visit had messed up on the diagnosis as something much less severe so by the time he was properly diagnosed the cancer had spread in and around his neck and head area. About a month after the proper diagnosis he had surgery to remove the cancer and went through several weeks of radiation therapy to kill of what may have remained. His last checkup came back cancer free and he is still with us to this day. Would this have happened in Canada, France, or England? Would he have been told you led a good long life and this is your time to die? Or would the waiting line for such a surgery be so long that he would have died waiting for treatment like so many other stories I have heard?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 566453, member: 249"] Not to mention I've read the horror stories of the time it takes just to get in a typical doctor's office for a checkup or other minor issue. Having to wait weeks to see a doctor, or even years for one to be assigned to you is ridiculous in my opinion. This is not even taking into consideration the time to see a specialist if a real problem arises. If I need to see a doctor I can leave my home and be speaking with my doctor in about an hour, including driving time, with no appointment made prior. Could I do that in Canada? Will I still have that luxury here with nationalized healthcare? Our system may be expensive, and have its flaws, but considering our country appears to be the safe haven for people all over the world needing medical care I don't think its all that bad. Not to mention the fixes are nowhere near as complicated as the messiah and the dems are proposing. Something else to ponder is what happens to our healthcare as we age? My grandfather was diagnosed with malignant melanoma when he was 86 years old. A previous doctor's visit had messed up on the diagnosis as something much less severe so by the time he was properly diagnosed the cancer had spread in and around his neck and head area. About a month after the proper diagnosis he had surgery to remove the cancer and went through several weeks of radiation therapy to kill of what may have remained. His last checkup came back cancer free and he is still with us to this day. Would this have happened in Canada, France, or England? Would he have been told you led a good long life and this is your time to die? Or would the waiting line for such a surgery be so long that he would have died waiting for treatment like so many other stories I have heard? [/QUOTE]
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