What if you don't have 18 months to wait? I had several co-workers in Toronto whose children had injuries playing sports. The wait time for MRI plus knee surgery, etc. was longer than 18 months in Ontario. They went to the U.S. and paid out of pocket to have the MRI and surgery -- usually in under a week. This is a very common story in Canada.
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What if you don't have 18 months to wait? I had several co-workers in Toronto whose children had injuries playing sports. The wait time for MRI plus knee surgery, etc. was longer than 18 months in Ontario. They went to the U.S. and paid out of pocket to have the MRI and surgery -- usually in under a week. This is a very common story in Canada.
From what I've seen, the bottleneck is the availability of MRI machines and MRI techs. Which points to a belief I've expressed before: what is mostly ailing healthcare systems in the developed world is a lack of supply, and rising demand in many of those thanks to the post-WWII baby boom. We've known for 50 years at least that the boomers were going to surge into old age and that they would naturally need and want healthcare, so where are all the doctors, nurses, hospital beds, and medical school seats?
Best Korea has a plan for this, Comrade...
North Korea families pressuring elderly to commit suicide
The cost of keeping older North Koreans alive is creating family conflicts.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...ring-elderly-to-commit-suicide/8301478266035/
More senior citizens in North Korea are being pressured to kill themselves because of intergenerational conflicts and the skyrocketing cost of medicine.
(More at above url)
Sad to think of what the whole truth must look like for ordinary people unfortunate enough to have been born there. It's a brutal reaction to sanctions, which were a reaction to their national insanity.
Is Obamacare really affordable? Not for the middle class
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/04/news/economy/obamacare-affordable/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/04/news/economy/obamacare-affordable/index.html
North Korea is a leftist paradise. This is what happens when no questions are allowed, all opposition is silenced and everyone just nods their head in agreement to everything dear leader says. Just put your full faith in government. After all they're the party of intellectuals.
It is important to understand the SuperMajority as it relates to AFC. But I don't understand the budget part.
The Future of Obamacare Looks Bleak
Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz NOV. 9, 2016
Republicans in Congress have been calling for the repeal of Obamacare since it passed in 2010. With control of both houses of Congress and the presidency, they may finally get their chance to undo huge, consequential parts of the health law next year.
If they succeed, about 22 million fewer Americans would have health insurance, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Without a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, Republicans can’t repeal the entire Affordable Care Act. But they can eliminate several consequential provisions through a special budgetary process called reconciliation.
We have a pretty good idea of what such legislation would look like. Last year, the Senate passed a reconciliation bill that undid large portions of the health bill. The House passed it. And President Obama vetoed it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/upshot/the-future-of-obamacare-looks-bleak.html?_r=0
The Future of Obamacare Looks Bleak
Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz NOV. 9, 2016
Republicans in Congress have been calling for the repeal of Obamacare since it passed in 2010. With control of both houses of Congress and the presidency, they may finally get their chance to undo huge, consequential parts of the health law next year.
If they succeed, about 22 million fewer Americans would have health insurance, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Without a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate, Republicans can’t repeal the entire Affordable Care Act. But they can eliminate several consequential provisions through a special budgetary process called reconciliation.
We have a pretty good idea of what such legislation would look like. Last year, the Senate passed a reconciliation bill that undid large portions of the health bill. The House passed it. And President Obama vetoed it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/upshot/the-future-of-obamacare-looks-bleak.html?_r=0
I think the ACA is going to be ok. The parts Drumpf wants to keep, like the pre-existing conditions and coverage for kids until 26 provisions, are hugely popular and keeping them basically requires keeping much of the rest.
Well what I am getting at is that it is impossible to repeal it without a supermajority, and good luck getting 9 democrats to join the 51 republicans.
But they can repeal the parts that affect the budget, and that is the part I don't understand. Everything affects the budget. That is why I am confused.
It must be some subtle legal point.