I watched SICKO Friday night since my wife wanted to after she heard some pretty bad stories from her classmate in the US that had some terrible experience with the US hospitals. I didn't watch all of it because

a. I don't give a 2 cents about the US. In fact I hate the US.
b. You kind get the point after watching half the movie...

Moore interviews a few people in Windsor that have been waiting in the hospital waiting area for their turn to be seen and asks them about healthcare i.e., how much they had to pay etc etc and everyone just says "nothing" and they didn't have to shed a dime. Well, we do pay something called Income Tax and for the love of social healthcare, I pay almost 40%. Bleeds my heart. Anyways, different issue.

But talk radio has been abuzz with topics about how Canada's ailing healthcare system could possibly be strengthened with the help from the private sector. This doesn't mean Healthcare in Canada has to be privatized...not by any stretch of your imagination...never will that happen but I do see a lot of positives and negatives with this blended system which isn't uncommon by the way.

I also read this article which talks about the same issue:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080824/cma_president_080824/20080824?hub=TopStories

Personally for me, knock on wood, I don't have a single complaint about the current system. Never had to wait for anything, always had good treatment from the doctors and in the end it seems to me it all works out just fine in the end...

What's your take?

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Well even I didn’t had any problems with the healthcare system until now. But then, my healthcare needs are very basic.

I have read a lot of articles on people who had to wait for a long time to get a surgery of a special kind or higher complexity. One of my friend who had an skin allergenic problem on his hand had to wait for 3 months to get an required treatment. I am fully aware of the frustration that it brings into the involved person after paying that much taxes throughout the life.

So I think it mainly depends on an individual healthcare requirement. As long as I know there are lot of basic doctors available in Canada which can serve or attend to a basic or a mid-complex healthcare needs, but there are very few who can operate a complex surgery or treatment. Not to mention half of those few doctors are involved in some kind of research & development FUNDED by government.

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Originally posted by blorean
Well, we do pay something called Income Tax and for the love of social healthcare, I pay almost 40%. Bleeds my heart.

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