[formerroadie]

Originally Posted by krisk

and I sit in the Doctor's offices not just a stones throw away, but a good 3 plus hours away from the border competing with Canadians for the out of date magazines.

Candian Health Care. By Canadians, For Candians, and not for this American

Thanks for the link. I will have a listen. Anyway, in terms of debate, our system wouldn't be the same. Part of that has to do with the idea of a central database. That is the main issue there. For example: a person comes to a doc with flu symptoms. That doc says you have the flu. That persons goes for a second opinion. Then they go for a third. They don't have a way to track how many doctors people have gone to (I sat with a Canadian doctor on a plane to BC once and asked him what he thought was most problematic about the system. That was his answer.). This can be remedied by a central computer system that allows doctors anywhere to access your data (as long as there are strict security measures and it is not hooked up to the internet. It needs to be self-contained) or you charge a small co-pay, which would hinder a lot of people form going doc to doc. I think we, as Americans, can do that .