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"Matt Barrow" writes:
"Chris Colohan" wrote in message .. . "Rob Montgomery" writes: The difference is that, in Canada, there's only one government playing the medical game (per province) whereas in the U.S., a doctor doesn't have to honor the "low ball" insurance. The plus side: since doctors in Canada have to deal with only one insurer, there is _significantly_ less administrative overhead involved in treating patients. The amount of paperwork says much the same regardless of the number of providers. Doctors have to compile the same records and it makes not a whit who the payor is. The data seems to indicate otherwise. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine: "In the United States, administrative tasks consumed 13.5 percent of physicians' time [...] Canadian physicians devoted 8.4 percent of their professional time to practice management and administration" [1] Chris [1] Costs of Health Care Administration in the United States and Canada. Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Terry Campbell, M.H.A., and David U. Himmelstein, M.D. Volume 349:768-775, August 21 2003, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/349/8/768 -- Chris Colohan Email: PGP: finger Web: www.colohan.com Phone: (412)268-4751 |
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Buying insurance does not mean you are paying your own way. It is a way to
average the expenses among people. Many who don't use the medical system are subsidizing others who use the system extensively. "Matt Barrow" wrote in news:ZWUCd.15$IT5.1922 @news.uswest.net: daughter, lost her daughter while awaiting treatment. How about you pay your own bills and learn the definition of "rationing". |
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