[lit-ideas] Re: health care

  • From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:56:53 +0000

and I thought the Canadian system was better than ours!

Thursday, November 25, 2004, 2:44:00 PM, Paul Stone wrote:

PS> As Ursula and Erin have told you, it doesn't cost anything (at the time of
PS> your visit) to go to a medical doctor for an examination. If, however, you
PS> are a private business owner and lack the fat insurance deals that a lot of
PS> union jobs and larger corps have, the rest of healthcare can cost a LOT of
PS> money in Ontario.

PS> For last few years, as the government claws back money from the health
PS> services, increasingly services which used to be 'free' are now costing
PS> money. A NOTE from the doctor can run you from 15-50 bucks. A physical --
PS> 100 bucks. Requested blood work? Sometimes there's a charge. In most GP's
PS> offices there is a HUGE document on the wall saying what's "NOT covered" by
PS> your government "free" health insurance. It grows larger every month.

PS> Since the Liberal government took over Ontario's control recently itearly
PS> _ONE_ visit to the chiropractor is now 25-30 bucks. You can't see a dentist
PS> for 5 minutes for less than 75 and if you want work done, haaaaaaaaa,
PS> you're looking at at LEAST a 1000 bucks per tooth. Any kind of specialist
PS> treatment is now charged extra. Optometrists used to be covered I think for
PS> 1 visit per year, but now it's 1 visit every 2 years. Glasses cost anywhere
PS> from 100-300 depending on prescription. And DRUGS, regardless of what you
PS> think and hear, ARE expensive if you don't have a drug plan -- which many
PS> people don't. They are so expensive that I NEVER buy them. I can't afford
PS> 100 dollars for a prescription that makes an annnoying ailment into a
PS> mildly annoying ailment, ironically, because the government just took
PS> another 600 bucks out my paycheque this year to cover all this amazing
PS> service. Must be those gender re-assignment surgeries that we are paying 
for.

PS> If you are dying, the service is great, if you are just sick, mmm. not so
PS> much.

PS> complaining about high taxes, luckily, rarely sick,
PS> paul



-- 
 Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK   
mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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