If you think US Healthcare is anything other than an embarrassment, you're delusional

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Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't try to bullshit a bullshitter.

The median wait time in Canada to see a special physician is a little over four weeks with 89.5% waiting fewer than 90 days.[55]

Dr. Brian Day was once quoted as saying "This is a country in which dogs can get a hip replacement in under a week and in which humans can wait two-to-three years."[58]

Wikipedia copy-pasta.

I read that one earlier after I posted and didn't cherry pick. Your country didn't deliver hard numbers on the same points so there's no real comparison there. Those numbers also don't sound outrageous to me. A specialist could be anything. If it's life threatening, you're going to get to see someone quick.

Similarly a median isn't an average, and with a greater percentage of rural population you can absolutely expect the middle number to be quite high, much higher than the average by a long-shot. I'm sure the waits in nunavut and northern quebec are crazy. I'm sure they are in alaska too.

Dr Brian Day's remark is really just that, so I don't see why you chose that rather than pretty well anything else quoted on that page. Our own health minister throws down some serious disses at one point. 2-3 years for hip replacement is stupid, maybe he has like one example of this that he trots out to push some 2-tier public/private system conservative party jive. Obviously not anything close to a reliable or accurate statistic but sure, we have great vets too! My brother's cat had surgery recently and they were in and out the same day I believe.

Lower life expectancy, higher IMR and deaths with treatable conditions. Even with more doctors per person and (apparently) shorter wait times. You tell me how that's better.