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Submitted by Nabi (not verified) on July 7, 2009 - 8:11pm.
More and more money is being wasted every year in Canada, too, reviewing the doctors' recommendations and creating paper hurdles for direct treatment. Gathering statistics (usually specious) and designing mostly redundant information systems has become the medical imperative because they are the only things remotely connected to health that the types in the government appointed health authorities can understand. Yes, the Canadian system is still better than the American but our taxes are very high and the true cost is masked.
The U.S. should not consult with people in the Canadian bureaucracies unless the consultations are very objective and cynical.
'reform' won't make everything okay
More and more money is being wasted every year in Canada, too, reviewing the doctors' recommendations and creating paper hurdles for direct treatment. Gathering statistics (usually specious) and designing mostly redundant information systems has become the medical imperative because they are the only things remotely connected to health that the types in the government appointed health authorities can understand. Yes, the Canadian system is still better than the American but our taxes are very high and the true cost is masked.
The U.S. should not consult with people in the Canadian bureaucracies unless the consultations are very objective and cynical.