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Quebec Man Dies After He Forgets Health Card
As insensitive as the treatment of the Canadian skier was, and as imperfect as both the US and the Canadian systems are, refusing to see a patient who goes to the emergency room simply because he does not have a …
Canadian Skier’s Hospital Bill Puts American Costs in Spotlight
This is indeed a very tragic story. Sadly, the practice of billing out “chargemaster rates” to one group of people to subsidize other contracts which hospitals voluntarily enter in to is discriminatory, and punishes one class of people to help …
Health service delisting coming, Ontario minister says
When government takes the role of regulating our health, they eventually start running out of our money. Then they start to ration. Using control or people’s health to stay in power represents a low point in politics. Many Canadians seeking …
Breaking the Waiting List Silence | thepatientfactor.com
Many say that the government needs to control healthcare. They say that the government is the only entity with enough compassion to make decisions which regular people are too stupid to make. Many Canadians are too afraid to speak up …
Two patients fighting C. difficile die in C.B. | The Chronicle Herald
When one entity (government) is the same entity that funds, regulates, and overseas hospitals, there exists a possibility for a conflict of interest, which can lead to needless deaths. Two patients fighting C. difficile die in C.B. | The Chronicle …
No ‘Health Care’? – HUMAN EVENTS
No ‘Health Care’? – HUMAN EVENTS. No ‘Health Care’? by Thomas Sowell 09/04/2007 How did I manage? The same way everybody else managed: I went to doctors and I paid them directly, instead of paying indirectly through taxes. This was …
Second C. difficile death in outbreak at Niagara hospital | CTV News
Hospital borne virus can be very serious. Before selecting a hospital, you should use caution and examine their record. Unfortunately, in a system whcih is subject to a centrally planned budget, this happens more frequently. Second C. difficile death in …
Socialized Medicine and Harm Reduction for the Rest of Us | thepatientfactor.com
Isn’t this great, tax dollars paying for crack pipes. How can you justify that? Socialized Medicine and Harm Reduction for the Rest of Us | thepatientfactor.com. Socialized Medicine and Harm Reduction for the Rest of Us One of the dangers …
‘Sicker’ Canadians struggle to obtain treatment: report | CTV News
No government should prevent its citizens from receiving medical care. There’s just something that’s plain WRONG about that. At MediBid, we have been bringing Canadians to the US for timely medical care for about 6 years now, and they are …
Couple sees red over OHIP | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
A government run single payer system must by nature ration care, since they are unable ot correctly manage the system. When politicians attempt to develop systems using tax dollars to gift back benefits to those who paid taxes for votes. …
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