Originally Posted by
SASless
Emergency/Trauma Centers are required to provide necessary care to stabilize the patient and cannot refuse care.
Thus....the uninsured shows up with the sniffles and ties up the Emergency Room, and utilizes expensive care, and walks out without paying.
Urgentcare and Primary Care facilities are not required to provide services.
I have Medicare (being an old fart) and have purchased Medicare Supplemental Insurance....I can go to any Urgent Care or Primary Care facility and my care is cost free beyond my Insurance Premiums for both Medicare and the Supplemental Insurance.
I also qualify for Medical and Dental care from the Veterans Administration (VA).....if I don't mind all sorts of bureaucratical bull**** and slothfulness.
To add insult to injury....the VA will pass along their costs to your Insurance Provider for services rendered.
Single Payer Healthcare is not a good thing.....as a Canadian you should fully understand that.
For instance.......
https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiol...syndrome/18279
SAS
Never claimed that the Canadian System was better or worst than the US system. Our system is sometimes just a flawed as any other system worldwide. Waited 10 years to have my knees replaced due to damage and arthritis. First Doctor I saw was a _____ (you fill in the blank) wouldn't do anything because of my weight. Finally got them replaced two years ago because the Doctor had some compassion and it's been life changing but it also cost me 10 years of my life.
Bottom line is Health Care is an Essential service that All people deserve regardless of there position is life It's not a For Profit business
My two cents worth or half a cent in the USA
Roybert