Comments on: An example of socialized medicine http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2009/02/10/an-example-of-socialized-medicine/ Behind the scenes of Backwoods Home Magazine with Dave Duffy. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Red http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2009/02/10/an-example-of-socialized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2298 Red Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:44:06 +0000 http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/DaveDuffy/?p=860#comment-2298 Having grown up with the Mayo clinic as my home town clinic and now living within 200 miles of the Canadian border I have seen many Canadians - both medical professionals and patients - along with other foreigners flocking to local medical facilities in the states. From what I have seen - and been told there is a reason. My Uncle, a physician in the city where I live now, told his kids not to pursue medicine - because it would be socialized. (So much for the best and brightest - my middle cousin would have been an excellent physician.) A relative of my husbands could not get care in Canada and spent two years living with my in laws receiving care from my mother in law. Her husband finally got her in to a place in Canada. The called him to come and pick her up because she was well enough to go home. When he got there he discovered that she had died and the hospital staff was not even aware. My husband used to see a Dr. that came to the states every fall for about 4 months. He had seen his quota of patients in Canada for the year and was not longer being paid. So he came here. (Don't get sick in Canada after August.....!) From what I have seen there our systems does need help, but it takes the government to thoroughly and totally foul things up! Having grown up with the Mayo clinic as my home town clinic and now living within 200 miles of the Canadian border I have seen many Canadians – both medical professionals and patients – along with other foreigners flocking to local medical facilities in the states. From what I have seen – and been told there is a reason. My Uncle, a physician in the city where I live now, told his kids not to pursue medicine – because it would be socialized. (So much for the best and brightest – my middle cousin would have been an excellent physician.) A relative of my husbands could not get care in Canada and spent two years living with my in laws receiving care from my mother in law. Her husband finally got her in to a place in Canada. The called him to come and pick her up because she was well enough to go home. When he got there he discovered that she had died and the hospital staff was not even aware. My husband used to see a Dr. that came to the states every fall for about 4 months. He had seen his quota of patients in Canada for the year and was not longer being paid. So he came here. (Don’t get sick in Canada after August…..!) From what I have seen there our systems does need help, but it takes the government to thoroughly and totally foul things up!

]]> By: mtwildflwower http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2009/02/10/an-example-of-socialized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 mtwildflwower Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:55:23 +0000 http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/DaveDuffy/?p=860#comment-2292 My husband is retired Air Force and I am very happy with our military insurance. Our daughter was born in August with a sacrococcygeal teratoma and we had to leave our state of Montana for her to be born and treated at a children's hospital since there are none here in the state. Her bills topped 100K and they paid all but the $3,000 deductible. There are some that should have been more timely, but six months later everything has pretty much been taken care of. We've also enrolled her in the Prime part of the Tricare insurance, since she will have to have some costly follow up for the next five years at least. We pay under $20 per month and a $20 co-pay for each visit. Our experience with military insurance has been good. My husband is retired Air Force and I am very happy with our military insurance. Our daughter was born in August with a sacrococcygeal teratoma and we had to leave our state of Montana for her to be born and treated at a children’s hospital since there are none here in the state. Her bills topped 100K and they paid all but the $3,000 deductible. There are some that should have been more timely, but six months later everything has pretty much been taken care of. We’ve also enrolled her in the Prime part of the Tricare insurance, since she will have to have some costly follow up for the next five years at least. We pay under $20 per month and a $20 co-pay for each visit.

Our experience with military insurance has been good.

]]> By: Dan Hash http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2009/02/10/an-example-of-socialized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Dan Hash Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:24:36 +0000 http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/DaveDuffy/?p=860#comment-2291 My uncle, a vet of the Japanese Occupation, stationed near either Hiroshima or Nagasaki, died in the care of the VA. He had been seeking help with symptoms of bone cancer for almost 4 years. He was finally diagnosed just about a week before he died. The VA finally figured out something was wrong when he turned purple from bleeding under the skin. My uncle, a vet of the Japanese Occupation, stationed near either Hiroshima or Nagasaki, died in the care of the VA. He had been seeking help with symptoms of bone cancer for almost 4 years. He was finally diagnosed just about a week before he died. The VA finally figured out something was wrong when he turned purple from bleeding under the skin.

]]> By: Idris http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2009/02/10/an-example-of-socialized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2285 Idris Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:15:30 +0000 http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/DaveDuffy/?p=860#comment-2285 We in Australia have Medibank. which works like a dream: there is number on the card, the card covers just you, or you and your kids. Doctors and hospitals don't have an option as to whether they will or won't allow it. It does not cover Dentistry or Opticals, that goes under Medibank Private: you pay extra for the extras. All else is from a two and a half percent tax on incomes above whatever the threshold is nowadays. Need an ambulance and urgent surgery? YOU get it. It works because it was set up to work, not set up to fail,as some of your systems seem to have been. Paper work? In this day and age: paperwork! Yea, go up to the top of the page abd search for medibank. We in Australia have Medibank. which works like a dream: there is number on the card, the card covers just you, or you and your kids. Doctors and hospitals don’t have an option as to whether they will or won’t allow it. It does not cover Dentistry or Opticals, that goes under Medibank Private: you pay extra for the extras. All else is from a two and a half percent tax on incomes above whatever the threshold is nowadays. Need an ambulance and urgent surgery? YOU get it. It works because it was set up to work, not set up to fail,as some of your systems seem to have been. Paper work? In this day and age: paperwork! Yea, go up to the top of the page abd search for medibank.

]]> By: EarthMama http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/BehindTheScenes/2009/02/10/an-example-of-socialized-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 EarthMama Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:57:35 +0000 http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/DaveDuffy/?p=860#comment-2279 Yep, yep, yep!! Talk to any Canadians and they'll give you the same story. Socialized... nationalized... medicine is NOT the answer. Yep, yep, yep!! Talk to any Canadians and they’ll give you the same story. Socialized… nationalized… medicine is NOT the answer.

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