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<blockquote data-quote="retired" data-source="post: 244187"><p>Universal Health Care programs is not an intelligent option. We need to rethink the entire system, not adopt a government health care model which has already proven to be a failure.[/b]</p><p> </p><p>Health Care: Government vs. Private</p><p>by Walter E. Williams </p><p><a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/07/25/health_care_government_vs_private" target="_blank">http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/07/25/health_care_government_vs_private</a></p><p> </p><p>Before we buy into single-payer health care systems like Canada's and the United Kingdom's, we might want to do a bit of research. The Vancouver, British Columbia-based Fraser Institute annually publishes "Waiting Your Turn." Its 2006 edition gives waiting times, by treatments, from a person's referral by a general practitioner to treatment by a specialist. The shortest waiting time was for oncology (4.9 weeks). The longest waiting time was for orthopedic surgery (40.3 weeks), followed by plastic surgery (35.4 weeks) and neurosurgery (31.7 weeks). </p><p> </p><p>As reported in the June 28 National Center for Policy Analysis' "Daily Policy Digest," Britain's Department of Health recently acknowledged that one in eight patients waits more than a year for surgery. France's failed health care system resulted in the deaths of 13,000 people, mostly of dehydration, during the heat spell of 2003. Hospitals stopped answering the phones, and ambulance attendants told people to fend for themselves. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Canada's Private Clinics Surge as Public System Falters</p><p>By Clifford Krauss - New York Times</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/international/americas/28canada.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1190225442-r+QusBZjjtu1Hvv1ZxZ2bg" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/international/americas/28canada.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1190225442-r+QusBZjjtu1Hvv1ZxZ2bg</a></p><p> </p><p>Canada remains the only industrialized country that outlaws privately financed purchases of core medical services. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other politicians remain reluctant to openly propose sweeping changes even though costs for the national and provincial governments are exploding and some cancer patients are waiting months for diagnostic tests and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>In response, the Quebec premier, Jean Charest, proposed this month to allow private hospitals to subcontract hip, knee and cataract surgery to private clinics when patients are unable to be treated quickly enough under the public system. The premiers of British Columbia and Alberta have suggested they will go much further to encourage private health services and insurance in legislation they plan to propose in the next few months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="retired, post: 244187"] Universal Health Care programs is not an intelligent option. We need to rethink the entire system, not adopt a government health care model which has already proven to be a failure.[/b] Health Care: Government vs. Private by Walter E. Williams [URL]http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/07/25/health_care_government_vs_private[/URL] Before we buy into single-payer health care systems like Canada's and the United Kingdom's, we might want to do a bit of research. The Vancouver, British Columbia-based Fraser Institute annually publishes "Waiting Your Turn." Its 2006 edition gives waiting times, by treatments, from a person's referral by a general practitioner to treatment by a specialist. The shortest waiting time was for oncology (4.9 weeks). The longest waiting time was for orthopedic surgery (40.3 weeks), followed by plastic surgery (35.4 weeks) and neurosurgery (31.7 weeks). As reported in the June 28 National Center for Policy Analysis' "Daily Policy Digest," Britain's Department of Health recently acknowledged that one in eight patients waits more than a year for surgery. France's failed health care system resulted in the deaths of 13,000 people, mostly of dehydration, during the heat spell of 2003. Hospitals stopped answering the phones, and ambulance attendants told people to fend for themselves. Canada's Private Clinics Surge as Public System Falters By Clifford Krauss - New York Times [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/international/americas/28canada.html?_r=4&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1190225442-r+QusBZjjtu1Hvv1ZxZ2bg[/URL] Canada remains the only industrialized country that outlaws privately financed purchases of core medical services. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other politicians remain reluctant to openly propose sweeping changes even though costs for the national and provincial governments are exploding and some cancer patients are waiting months for diagnostic tests and treatment. In response, the Quebec premier, Jean Charest, proposed this month to allow private hospitals to subcontract hip, knee and cataract surgery to private clinics when patients are unable to be treated quickly enough under the public system. The premiers of British Columbia and Alberta have suggested they will go much further to encourage private health services and insurance in legislation they plan to propose in the next few months. [/QUOTE]
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