22,000 people w/o doctor

Post #173,883 by Arkadiy 9/13/04 10:07:45 AM Reply	22,000 people w/o doctor As opposed to what, 2 million w/o insurance in USA? 22 million? Oh, my heart bleeds for them. Now, when you say that the ones who do get a doctor don't get treated unless bribes or pull is involved, that sounds familiar. -- ... a reference to Presidente Arbusto. -- [link\|http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001417.html\|Geoffrey K. Pullum]
Post #173,889 by bluke 9/13/04 10:31:56 AM Reply	That is just in 1 small area it is much worse then that. In addition even those with a doctor have to wait a lot more then you do. From the article: "The government statistical agency estimates that more than 3.6 million Canadians, representing nearly 15 percent of the population, do not have a family doctor. That remains better than in the United States, where an estimated 20 percent do not have a regular doctor."
Post #173,891 by jake123 9/13/04 10:37:09 AM 9/13/04 10:38:14 AM Reply	However, that doesn't mean that they don't have services it means they don't have a family doctor. For example, in Quebec, very few people have a traditional family doctor; instead, they get their services via the CLSC network of clinics. Where I used to live (in the far north of the island of Laval) the local CLSC was three blocks away. Waiting times in the CLSC for an unscheduled visit typically range from one to four hours, depending on how busy they are and the seriousness of your problem. Of course, I've never gone there (either for myself or for my children) with a true life-threatening problem; those get resolved by an ambulance trip to the hospital. The real problem we have is in waiting times for non-life-threatening problems, like hip replacements or cataract removal. Those can involve waiting for a very long time (eight to eighteen months, depending on where you live). So, you're comparing apples to oranges; the rate of people who don't have a family doctor in Canada to the rate of people who have no health insurance of any kind in the US. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by jake123 Sept. 13, 2004, 10:38:14 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #173,896 by admin 9/13/04 10:46:19 AM Reply	??? Canada has that many people? gd&r ;-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #173,946 by Ashton 9/13/04 3:28:36 PM Reply	Only at hockey games.
Post #174,043 by a6l6e6x 9/13/04 10:25:35 PM Reply	Rofl! Alex "If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer

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