<p>All examples of what happens when bureaucrats determine the allocation of healthcare, not patients and physicians.</p>
<p>I have many Canadian friends who ALL prefer their system to ours. </p>
<p>[Physicians</a> for a National Health Program - Health Care is a Human Right](<a href=“http://www.pnhp.org/]Physicians”>http://www.pnhp.org/)</p>
<p>This is a web site for a group of US health care professionals who advocate for universal care. We waste so much money on an patch work system run by for profit insurance companies. The web site explains how money we waste on “insurance” would help fund universal care.</p>
<p>"In U.S. health care, no one is ultimately accountable for how the system works. No one takes full responsibility. Rationing in our system is carried out covertly through financial pressure, forcing millions of individuals to forego care or to be shunted away by caregivers from services they cant pay for.</p>
<p>The rationing that takes place in U.S. health care is unnecessary. A number of studies (notably a General Accounting Office report in 1991 and a Congressional Budget Office report in 1993) show that there is more than enough money in our health care system to serve everyone if it were spent wisely. Administrative costs are at 31% of U.S. health spending, far higher than in other countries systems. These inflated costs are due to our failure to have a publicly financed, universal health care system. We spend about twice as much per person as Canada or most European nations, and still deny health care to many in need. A national health program could save enough on administration to assure access to care for all Americans, without rationing."</p>
<p>[Physicians</a> for a National Health Program - Health Care is a Human Right](<a href=“http://www.pnhp.org%5DPhysicians”>http://www.pnhp.org)</p>
<p>Considering I have relatives in Germany and Poland, and friends in Canada, I can speak to personal knowledge that all the programs stink, and all my relatives are augmenting with private insurance, which is VERY difficult to find and VERY costly. And no longer is the governmental plan “free.” They still have to pay exorbitant taxes, then they have deductibles, and many things that are not covered and they have to pay out of pocket.</p>
<p>Told my S that US health care system, be it thru his employer or the gov, are not necessarily good options. Its not necessarily about “choices” but whether you can make a choice. You don’t know when employer or gov health ins will occur, what changes they will make, or whether you will even have a future position that offers such a benefit. You would be better off having your own health ins, at a price that is fixed, with benefits you know because you are personally buying those benefits, and tax advantaged depending how your contracts are written. As a young person, you will mostly be paying for insurance for your age group rather than paying for mine and our group health. Having your own ins will let you let you be choosy and not have to worry if you would be fired, laidoff, or force you to search for a job that has this benefit. You could be the first in line to get hired, in position that you want, because the employer knows that you don’t care about the benefits but rather care about the intangibles of the job.</p>
<p>We will find out today if the current position is a contractor position or a position with benefits. We hope its a position w/o benefits.</p>
<p>I have good friends in Canada and France. Three of whom were successfully treated for cancer. They much prefer their own system to ours.</p>