The Cons of The Canandian Health Plan
CONS:
If you need a surgery in Canada, your Doctor will put you on a waiting list, no exceptions. When it is your turn, you receive the surgery that you need. Triage can play an important role;this keeps the cost down. If the type of surgery that you need has been used up for this year, you will then be referred to a hospital in that Province that has an opening for your type of surgery.Travel costs are payed. In some cases overloads are sent to USA hospitals for surgery's.
A referral by family doctor required to see specialists. It has been our experience that once you get in to see a specialist the wait is not too long. Family doctors are good about referrals so that you can get into the system as early as possible.
Shortage of doctors caused by brain drain to the US and mistakes made by the College of Physicians and Surgeons who control the number of medical student admissions and residencies available to immigrant doctors.
Travel costs to see specialists if you live away from urban areas due to concentration of specialists in large centers for efficiency. (80% of all Canadians live in urban areas)
If you need a surgery in Canada, your Doctor will put you on a waiting list, no exceptions. When it is your turn, you receive the surgery that you need. Triage can play an important role;this keeps the cost down. If the type of surgery that you need has been used up for this year, you will then be referred to a hospital in that Province that has an opening for your type of surgery.Travel costs are payed. In some cases overloads are sent to USA hospitals for surgery's.
A referral by family doctor required to see specialists. It has been our experience that once you get in to see a specialist the wait is not too long. Family doctors are good about referrals so that you can get into the system as early as possible.
Shortage of doctors caused by brain drain to the US and mistakes made by the College of Physicians and Surgeons who control the number of medical student admissions and residencies available to immigrant doctors.
Travel costs to see specialists if you live away from urban areas due to concentration of specialists in large centers for efficiency. (80% of all Canadians live in urban areas)
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