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Laurie Street — (archived)

Hmm - I may be clueless, but here is what I do know:

I know that a close friend in the US who had good medical coverage and who was having chest pains was afraid to go to the doctor in case it was a heart attack, in which case her insurance would no longer have provided adequate coverage should she later get cancer or some other disease.

I know that a retired couple we know in Oregon are paying a huge chunk of their modest income to medical insurance premiums. I know that they can get a year's supply of some of their prescription medications in Canada for less than a month's supply costs at home, even after paying for a visit to a Canadian doctor.

I know that if I'm sick, or if I were to break a leg, I go to my doctor or to any ER in the country and get treated without worrying about how much it's going to cost.

I know that a friend who has schizophrenia and is on welfare is getting both his knee joints replaced, and isn't worried sick about the cost.

I know that there are fewer CT and MRI scanners per capita in Canada than in the US, but I also know that patients arean't sent for an expensive MRI scan when they have the sniffles, just because they have good insurance.

I know that the system in Canada is not perfect by any means - wait lists for a lot of procedures are too long - but I think it is a lot better than the US system.

I know that this reply is buried at the bottom of the pile, but I had to vent.

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