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Canadians... is this true about your healthcare?
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Anonymous Coward |
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Are there any age cut-offs on certain procedures? (i.e. will they give you a pacemaker at age 90 for instance or heart surgery at age 80?) Also, the woman in the ad claimed her doctor told her she would die if she had to wait 4 months, so I don't know why there is a problem with re-imbursement by the Canadian gov't. I have to go out, but I will check back. Thanks.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10398131 Yes there is rationing. You may wait for a procedure until after you are dead. Think about it, what is the purpose of a waiting list but to remove people from the list through attrition Many new drugs may get approved by Health Canada, but not be "funded" by the provincial payers. WHen I was in charge of implementing new laboratory tests, the politicians would want to know "how will this test save money" there was no concern about quality of care or introducing new life saving therapy . If it did not save money it would not be approved, and very little new medical technology saves money, it saves lives.
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