On 2009-09-18 10:43:54 -0400, Tim Lysyk said:

David LaCourse wrote:
On 2009-09-17 21:48:48 -0400, Tim Lysyk said:

Do you think people in Canada or Great Britain do not get to select
their own doctors?

I don't know, but I do know they seem to have to wait longer for
certain procedures. Time was very important in my case. It had to be
done NOW and was. I doubt I would have survived in Canada or GB.


You don't know that either.

Oh yes I do - at least 13 years ago for a man with prostate cancer.
Sometimes "immediate" means "right now". There were man examples of
Canadian men not getting proper care for their cancerous tumors. Many
had GS less than mine but were left incontinent and impotent, while
still others weren't even cured.

One of the things that bothers me about the health care debate in the
US is the misrepresentaiton that is made about helath care in other
countries. There is a lot of misrepresentation made. I have heard the
one about picking doctors for years, and the one about waiting times.

There are no waits for urgent care. I had chest pains a few years ago,
and was admitted and treated immediately. My friend was diagnoses with
prostate cancer, and was admitted and treated immediately.

There are waits for elective surgery.

If your health care is so great, Tim, and I have no recent experiences
to claim it is not, why do so many Canadians come to the US for
treatment. Could it be John Hopkins, Sloan Kettery, Mass General, Mass
Childrens, Mayo, etc.?