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Was reading about the Inflation Reduction Act and its expected impact on medical research (hint, it's not good) and ran across this assessment of the Canadian Health System written by a Canadian economist.
I now can't help thinking, "I've been warned".
Is the US headed that way - the bio creep keeps coming. We as physicians will likely be able to afford private care in the Cayman Islands, but for the less fortunate...
I have a dear friend and colleague who trained in Canada and anytime I reference Canadian studies he reminds me with all sincerity, "Sneaky, Canada practices 3rd world medicine and therefore those results are not applicable here". He practices at an NCI designated center currently.
"Cutting corners on facilities and using outdated drugs show up in Canadian mortality rates. Thirty-day in-hospital mortality rates in Canada are 20 percent higher than in the U.S. for heart attacks, and nearly three times the U.S. level for strokes. [ 68 ] Cancer age-standardized mortality is 10 percent higher in Canada than in the U.S.—despite far healthier lifestyles, with both obesity and diabetes rates a full third lower in Canada than in the U.S."
"A major cause of Canada’s waiting lists is the use of so-called global budgets while effectively banning private clinics and private insurance for medically necessary treatment. Global budgets, in which health providers get a fixed budget each year rather than being paid per treatment, are a form of rationing that strongly tends to lead to long wait times. [ 54 ] Meanwhile, rules hobbling private provision in Canada mean that nearly half of existing doctors would like to work more hours, but are effectively banned from doing so.[ 55 ] Both Senator Warren’s plan [ 56 ] and Senator Sanders’ plan [ 57 ] explicitly propose global budgets, and both effectively ban private insurance."
"Canada has 35 percent fewer acute care beds than the U.S., [ 62 ] and only one-fourth as many magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units per capita—indeed, it has fewer MRI units per capita than Turkey, Chile, or Latvia. [63]"
"Beyond making patients feel dehumanized, overworked doctors risk compromising treatment. According to OECD numbers, Canada’s doctors leave foreign bodies in patients at a rate 53 percent higher than U.S. doctors, and rates of postoperative sepsis are nearly 36 percent higher.[83]"
I now can't help thinking, "I've been warned".
Is the US headed that way - the bio creep keeps coming. We as physicians will likely be able to afford private care in the Cayman Islands, but for the less fortunate...
I have a dear friend and colleague who trained in Canada and anytime I reference Canadian studies he reminds me with all sincerity, "Sneaky, Canada practices 3rd world medicine and therefore those results are not applicable here". He practices at an NCI designated center currently.
How Socialized Medicine Hurts Canadians and Leaves Them Worse Off Financially
"Cutting corners on facilities and using outdated drugs show up in Canadian mortality rates. Thirty-day in-hospital mortality rates in Canada are 20 percent higher than in the U.S. for heart attacks, and nearly three times the U.S. level for strokes. [ 68 ] Cancer age-standardized mortality is 10 percent higher in Canada than in the U.S.—despite far healthier lifestyles, with both obesity and diabetes rates a full third lower in Canada than in the U.S."
"A major cause of Canada’s waiting lists is the use of so-called global budgets while effectively banning private clinics and private insurance for medically necessary treatment. Global budgets, in which health providers get a fixed budget each year rather than being paid per treatment, are a form of rationing that strongly tends to lead to long wait times. [ 54 ] Meanwhile, rules hobbling private provision in Canada mean that nearly half of existing doctors would like to work more hours, but are effectively banned from doing so.[ 55 ] Both Senator Warren’s plan [ 56 ] and Senator Sanders’ plan [ 57 ] explicitly propose global budgets, and both effectively ban private insurance."
"Canada has 35 percent fewer acute care beds than the U.S., [ 62 ] and only one-fourth as many magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units per capita—indeed, it has fewer MRI units per capita than Turkey, Chile, or Latvia. [63]"
"Beyond making patients feel dehumanized, overworked doctors risk compromising treatment. According to OECD numbers, Canada’s doctors leave foreign bodies in patients at a rate 53 percent higher than U.S. doctors, and rates of postoperative sepsis are nearly 36 percent higher.[83]"
