Castro resigns!!!!

[Trainer Monkey]

Speaking as someone who lives in a country where health care is pretty much free, its not all its cracked up to be. If I need to go and see my doctor for some mundane reason, then its great. But if I need to get any type of major surgery done, I will most likely have to wait months and even years. An older guy I work with has been waiting 2+ years for knee surgery, surgery he needs; that is not an uncommon situation. Also, there have been private clinics that attempted to open up in some cities here where, if you had the money and didn't want to wait, you could pay for whatever procedure you needed, like in the States, and the fucking government blocked them as being unconstitutional. Which is fucking stupid. Also, doctors make way more money in the U.S. (and elsewhere) because of their system, so the best doctors often adandon Canada to head south to make serious coin. Plus, in about 20-30 years when all the baby-boomers get old its going to fly completely off the rails.

All that being said, I'd still take our system over your most of the time, but I'm a poor student, so I might feel different if I ever actually manage to parlay my education into a successful career.

Did you have a wife working for a major health insuarer?
Did it cost you over a thousand dollars to get an infected finger looked at?

[AdamGB]

is not 6 and two 3s though? No where has free health care... you'll normally pay a shit load of tax to get 'free' healthcare... so even if you think you get free healthcare you've probably spent the same/more on it?

lets say you never need it until the day you die?

[CFH]

Did you have a wife working for a major health insuarer?
Did it cost you over a thousand dollars to get an infected finger looked at?

No, that would be a shitty situation, no doubt about it. However, if the infected finger was symptomatic of something much more serious, I would like to think I was getting the best medical care money could buy, without having to wait an extended period of time to see a specialist.

[Trainer Monkey]

No, that would be a shitty situation, no doubt about it. However, if the infected finger was symptomatic of something much more serious, I would like to think I was getting the best medical care money could buy, without having to wait an extended period of time to see a specialist.

Hah,you think we just walk in the door here?
If you aint dying,your waiting sahib
We cant even good info on our loved ones if we're in the waiting room
Bro,another myth,reality aint like that

[CFH]

Hah,you think we just walk in the door here?
If you aint dying,your waiting sahib
We cant even good info on our loved ones if we're in the waiting room
Bro,another myth,reality aint like that

Admittedly, I do not know much about the American system, but I do know the Canadian one will not be functioning for too much longer if it does not get seriously overhauled, which it almost surely never will.
If you potentially had something seriously wrong with you, lets say you needed a CAT scan, how long would you have to wait in the States?
Just for something to compare wait times with.

[RP33]

Admittedly, I do not know much about the American system, but I do know the Canadian one will not be functioning for too much longer if it does not get seriously overhauled, which it almost surely never will.
If you potentially had something seriously wrong with you, lets say you needed a CAT scan, how long would you have to wait in the States?
Just for something to compare wait times with.

Depends on your current condition.. I mean, if you're taken into the ER and they need to figure out what's wrong with you asap, then you'll get it done on the spot..

But, for example, i had recurring migraines when i was younger, and after visiting the doctor 2 or 3 times he suggested i should get one.. You get a slip of paper, and then you go to the building where they do x-rays/cat scans etc, and you get it done..

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is how i'd go about it.. I'd go to my normal doctor, ask him if he'd recommend a cat scan, or tell him i'd like to get one just to be safe, and he'll fill out a sheet of paper saying my name, and saying what i need done, and tell me to take it to the lab where they do CAT scans.. it's really that simple.

Other things that may take longer, like an MRI or something like that, are usually scheduled within the same week.

[RP33]

Stupid question..

Does 'free healthcare' include prescription drugs?

[CFH]

Stupid question..

Does 'free healthcare' include prescription drugs?

Not here it doesn't, but a lot of employers have plans that will cover them.

[Kirkland Laing]

Stupid question..

Does 'free healthcare' include prescription drugs?

Pretty much. You may have to pay a few pounds per prescription if you're employed but under 16/over 65/unemployed it's free. Some prescriptions in the States can cost a couple of hundred dollars a month, right?

[CFH]

Depends on your current condition.. I mean, if you're taken into the ER and they need to figure out what's wrong with you asap, then you'll get it done on the spot..

But, for example, i had recurring migraines when i was younger, and after visiting the doctor 2 or 3 times he suggested i should get one.. You get a slip of paper, and then you go to the building where they do x-rays/cat scans etc, and you get it done..

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is how i'd go about it.. I'd go to my normal doctor, ask him if he'd recommend a cat scan, or tell him i'd like to get one just to be safe, and he'll fill out a sheet of paper saying my name, and saying what i need done, and tell me to take it to the lab where they do CAT scans.. it's really that simple.

Other things that may take longer, like an MRI or something like that, are usually scheduled within the same week.

I was asking about CAT scans because I'm supposed to go and get one. It most likely is not serious, but there is a chance that I might have some sort of neurological problem, so my doctor wants to make sure. I'll have to wait for at least 2 months to get it done, and that's a best case senario, so I was just curious how long you guys would have to wait because TM said that there were wait times down there as well.

[RP33]

I was asking about CAT scans because I'm supposed to go and get one. It most likely is not serious, but there is a chance that I might have some sort of neurological problem, so my doctor wants to make sure. I'll have to wait for at least 2 months to get it done, and that's a best case senario, so I was just curious how long you guys would have to wait because TM said that there were wait times down there as well.

Yeah, again, it depends on your condition normally.. I live in a very densely populated area here, so i think that if there was someone who could answer the question, it would probably be myself.. If i woke up tomorrow morning, and wanted a CAT scan done, i'd call my doctor, and they'd schedule me probably by the end of the week to see me, considering it's not considered a "sick visit".. If it was a "sick visit", then if i call early enough in the day when they first open, I'd normally be able to get in by the end of the day.. So anyway, i get the appointment (the non-sick visit) by the end of the week, lets say friday.. I go in, tell him i want a CAT scan, if he agrees, then he writes me out a sheet and with something like a CAT scan, it doesn't take long so i can usually just go at my earliest convenience.. i could wait a few weeks if i wanted, or i could go on my way home..

Not the long ago, i broke my toe, and the Doctor wanted me to get an x-ray just to make sure that there were no problem with the joints or something because it could require surgery if that were the case or something.. so he wrote me out a sheet saying which toe on which foot i needed x-ray'd and then i drove down the street to the lab, and they did it for me on the spot..

[Trainer Monkey]

I was asking about CAT scans because I'm supposed to go and get one. It most likely is not serious, but there is a chance that I might have some sort of neurological problem, so my doctor wants to make sure. I'll have to wait for at least 2 months to get it done, and that's a best case senario, so I was just curious how long you guys would have to wait because TM said that there were wait times down there as well.

Bro,honest injun
My last trip to the emergency room.My wife works for one of the major insuarance providers at the time.
I have an infected finger,but I avoided the medic because,we really couldnt afford the co-pay
It gets violently infected to the point,I wake up at 5AM,and drive myself to the emergency room in tears,Im literally crying the whole way
Now this is with insurance
Im just sitting there in the waiting room for over an hour holding my finger and leaking from the eyes
And it still cost a grand for this wonderful American style treatment,and thats IF you have insurance,I got looked at by the Doctors for a whopping 10 minutes tops
You want that in Canada,watch your ass,because if it gets sick,your in deep s