health costs

[mr. mom]

Found this in the washington post, kinda neat really...  It was done to show how high US health costs are but it includes Canada and a few other countries.  Cost wise proceedures are not that high in Canada it would seem.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-high-cost-of-american-health-care-in-one-chart/2012/03/02/gIQAYYFDnR_blog.html

[caper]

We have it good here.

[jj]

I talk to Americans and they have it as bad or worse than us at the emerg. My neighbour recently spent over night waiting for attention and he's only one of a lot of examples. They also believe we have practically no medical service here and when they talk about their own healthcare it is a great relief that at least they will eventually get to see a doctor, unlike here. It's quite funny. They look disbelieving when you tell them we have similar experiences although we are going to wait a lot longer for many routine procedures.

[mr. mom]

I talk to Americans and they have it as bad or worse than us at the emerg. My neighbour recently spent over night waiting for attention and he's only one of a lot of examples. They also believe we have practically no medical service here and when they talk about their own healthcare it is a great relief that at least they will eventually get to see a doctor, unlike here. It's quite funny. They look disbelieving when you tell them we have similar experiences although we are going to wait a lot longer for many routine procedures.

I live in HRM, so my doc is relatively easy to see and I usually get out of my appointment around the time I would actually have my appointment, I usually get in ahead of time.  I can also quickly access the local clinic for things like shots or a cold etc and be in and out in less than an hour.  It is rural areas that have an access problem really.  Considering how much more americans pay and that there are 40 million not even covered, you would expect quicker service really.

[GreyEyes]

And then there's mental health "care".....physical health care is bad enough but mental health care is very close to non-existent. It's worse then ever.

[GreyEyes]

I talk to Americans and they have it as bad or worse than us at the emerg. My neighbour recently spent over night waiting for attention and he's only one of a lot of examples. They also believe we have practically no medical service here and when they talk about their own healthcare it is a great relief that at least they will eventually get to see a doctor, unlike here. It's quite funny. They look disbelieving when you tell them we have similar experiences although we are going to wait a lot longer for many routine procedures.

I live in HRM, so my doc is relatively easy to see and I usually get out of my appointment around the time I would actually have my appointment, I usually get in ahead of time.  I can also quickly access the local clinic for things like shots or a cold etc and be in and out in less than an hour.  It is rural areas that have an access problem really.  Considering how much more americans pay and that there are 40 million not even covered, you would expect quicker service really.

We've been going to the same medical practice for over 30 years. It used to be that I could make a same-day or next day appt. but now my doctor is booking two months in advance. The only way to see her before two months is to use the word "urgent". Luckily I never have to see a doctor but there are many who do.

It also used to be that the waiting room wait would be very quick. Now you have to take a book, it's that long.

[mr. mom]

I talk to Americans and they have it as bad or worse than us at the emerg. My neighbour recently spent over night waiting for attention and he's only one of a lot of examples. They also believe we have practically no medical service here and when they talk about their own healthcare it is a great relief that at least they will eventually get to see a doctor, unlike here. It's quite funny. They look disbelieving when you tell them we have similar experiences although we are going to wait a lot longer for many routine procedures.

I live in HRM, so my doc is relatively easy to see and I usually get out of my appointment around the time I would actually have my appointment, I usually get in ahead of time.  I can also quickly access the local clinic for things like shots or a cold etc and be in and out in less than an hour.  It is rural areas that have an access problem really.  Considering how much more americans pay and that there are 40 million not even covered, you would expect quicker service really.

We've been going to the same medical practice for over 30 years. It used to be that I could make a same-day or next day appt. but now my doctor is booking two months in advance. The only way to see her before two months is to use the word "urgent". Luckily I never have to see a doctor but there are many who do.

It also used to be that the waiting room wait would be very quick. Now you have to take a book, it's that long.

Time to get a new doctor then   My wife's doctor is bad like that too but mine and my father in laws are very quick.

[GreyEyes]

Mom you're kidding, right? Get a new doctor? 

[haggis2]

http://www.crossroadsfamilypractice.ca/index.php

I hear great things about this clinic in Upper Tantallon and they are taking new patients.  Looks like a nice setup.

[caper]

The cost of doing business is going up.  We still have it good

Example:  My cousin had a baby last month in states, baby spent a couple of weeks in icu, she says she will be paying off that bill her whole life.  

[mr. mom]

Mom you're kidding, right? Get a new doctor? 

There is a list of doctors in the HRM taking new patients, I earmarked 3 or 4 possibles for my wife to change to.  My doctor has agreed to take my sons as well because they were with my wife's doc and she is tired of the waits.

[jj]

The cost of doing business is going up.  We still have it good

Example:  My cousin had a baby last month in states, baby spent a couple of weeks in icu, she says she will be paying off that bill her whole life.  

Caper, this just in the local (Florida) paper yesterday. In the past couple of weeks 2 pregnant women with warrants turned themselves in intending to have their babies in jail. Obviously then the State would have been liable for all their expenses. Justice was expeditiously carried out though. All charges were dropped and the women were returned to the street. No mention was made of the nature of the charges that were dropped.

[Social Democrat]

I'm usually in to see my doctor in a week or so.  If it's urgent, they usually fit me in or I go to Family Focus.  You can make appts there too or just show up.