And We Mock The U.S.' Healthcare?

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Suffering headaches, vomiting and imbalance, Suresh Kapur was diagnosed with bleeding on the brain when he showed up at a Toronto-area hospital, then given an “urgent” follow-up appointment with a neurosurgeon — three days later.

“The system is in serious trouble,” he said. “I was recently back in Buffalo and all the doctors who had seen me, all talked about this case and they all said, ‘How can this happen?’ ”

Thank God for the U.S.A.

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If You're Not Important to the Ontario Economy, Go To the Back of the Bus

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“I don’t think it’s a loophole; it’s important for the Ontario economy.” -- Bruce Bronfman of Ontario MRI Centres.

Two-tiered healthcare in Ontario: those who are "important to the economy" can get an MRI fast; those who aren't can take a number and wait.


Who else goes to the front of the line? Workers’ compensation clients, the RCMP, military, and... prison inmates.


Don't get me wrong; I'm glad that Ontario residents are getting a choice, but let's not pretend that socialized medicine is working well.

h/t Mark Steyn


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