Canadian Medicare
The media has extensively reported that our Canadian health system is under attack by those who want to totally privatize it. Polls show that about 86% Canadians support our universal health care system.
Perhaps, the following the information will provide a more balanced look at our system and avoid the pitfalls of other countries.
Adminstration and billing costs in the US are at least 30% while Canada's are 16%. Forty six million people in the US do not have any health care coverage. What is a concern in Canada is the doctor- patient ratio which is lower than Europe and the US, but that is not the fault of Medicare.
The BC Health Coalition points out that BC "government health care spending has hardly increased at all compared to the size of B.C.’s economy in the last 15 years. It’s about 7 cents on the dollar, about the same as in 1991."
The Truth about BC Health Spending, Made Easy
It's static and under control. So why do so many, like The Globe's Jeffrey Simpson, spout the opposite?
By Will McMartin, 7 Jun 2010, TheTyee.ca
What does any of this have to do with B.C. politics and government spending on Health?
Well, consider that way back in 2002, Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals found themselves facing a gargantuan deficit. (Something to do with massive tax cuts, perhaps?) In response (or, perhaps it was their plan all along), the Campbell Liberals decided to cut government spending in all departments -- save Health and Education. Read more.
Read and preview some of the film. For those committed to health in rich and poor nations alike, Salud a new feature documentary by academy award nominee Connie Field explores the curious case of Cuba a cash strapped country with what the B.B.C. calls one of the world's best health systems.
Interesting websites to visit
The My Better Medicare campaign helps to build on our high quality, accessible, universal public health care system by disseminating documented examples of changes to system that enhance patient care or the effectiveness of service.
The financial cost of the present US health care is killing our citizens, hobbling our economy, crushing small business, and threatening the solvency of our government. In the meantime, the Health Care Industry is spending almost two million dollars a day lobbying Congress to stop a move towards a universal system. See the YouTube presentations and theme song at this site.
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