Subj : Re: The stay home and not
To   : MOONDOG
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Mar 24 2022 15:45:00

> If you look at Canada's socialized medical program, people have to travel a
> hundred miles or more to a major city for an MRI or CAT scan.  When a doctor
> gives an opinion, there is no second opinions or hoping the system will pay
> for another doctor to look you over.  Just hope the doctor you get doesn't
> misdiagnose the symptoms and chop out something that shouldn't have been
> removed.

I heard that from a couple of people I met in Canada.  One of them was
nearing 80 but in good health.  He lived in a smaller town on the north coast
of Lake Superior.  He had received a letter from the government telling him
that he needed to *move* to one of those major cities in order to be
guaranteed proper health care.  He contacted them and let them know that, when
he moved South, it would be to Florida and a private health care plan.

The other one had volunteered to serve in the US Military when he was
younger.  I met him in a bordertown.  He was staying there so that he could
travel across into the US and see his VA doctor.  I was surprised as you
often hear not so great things about the US VA medical services.  He said
that they were better than his socialized services in Canada and that he
was very glad to have them.


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