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healthcare in Canada vs US

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Taqless
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Message 10 of 42 (210089)
05-20-2005 8:08 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by roxrkool
05-20-2005 6:36 PM

75% of people that had to declare bankruptcy last year due to medical costs had health insurance.
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Not sure if it was Dateline or something like that...
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Taqless
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05-20-2005 8:10 PM 		Reply to: Message 9 by New Cat's Eye
05-20-2005 6:53 PM

Classic case of the military paying $400 for a hammer. To support your statement further I believe there was some "fleecing of america" thing that showed medicare was being charged alot more than anyone else for things like wheelchairs/oxygen tanks/etc.
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Taqless
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05-23-2005 10:59 AM 		Reply to: Message 14 by MangyTiger
05-20-2005 11:36 PM

...which determined which hospital they got sent to...
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Actually the only law, that I'm aware of, that keeps them from doing this is if it is a life/death situation and then legally they are required (I'm sure this does not get followed 100%) to take the patient to the CLOSEST hospital.....from then the hospital can transfer as soon as the patient is "stable" (relative term as well).
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Taqless
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05-23-2005 11:03 AM 		Reply to: Message 25 by nator
05-21-2005 6:19 PM

Re: Hey, Tal, Paisano, Monk?
Hey Schraf,
Just a clarification:
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Of those who applied for bankruptcy because of medical expenses....~75% of those people had health insurance.
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