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Improving Health Care

COS911 in Colorado
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 12:05 PM

I was US military assigned to Canada on exchange. One night I awoke with severe chest pains. Normally healthy, it took quite a few minutes to decide to call about this. I was informed that yes it should be checked out, and I should take a taxi--because if I was having a heart attack I might die while driving myself (I lived alone) to the emergency room. Once there I waited for about a half hour, then was ushered into the back to be checked. Fortunately it wasn't a heart attack. Then it took a several month wait to get further tests, like a stress test, to see if they could figure out what was going on. Lucky for me it wasn't serious. Canada’s health care system would be unacceptable for most people here in the US—long waits and many tests and procedures not generally available. Yes, they have cheaper drug prices, but less choice as well. And their cheap drug prices are subsidized by American consumers, who pay the cost of the development of new drugs—unlike the rest of the developed world. As for our longevity, quality health care has nothing to do with it as the liberals propose; it has to do with healthy lifestyles, risky behavior (like driving), and how you compile the statistics.

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