for anyone who says that canada's healthcare system is better than the US's,

[Jono2]

you're entirely wrong.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/09/24/hospital-death.html?ref=rss

[Macawmoses]

One case doesn't prove a thing, but I do agree. We have too few staff, too many emergencies, etc.

[Jono2]

One case doesn't prove a thing, but I do agree. We have too few staff, too many emergencies, etc.

and our hospitals need to at least acknowledge that someone has been sitting in their hospital for almost A DAY AND A HALF.

by the sounds of it, security, janitors, nurses, nobody even inquired as to why he had been sitting there over two straight shifts!  I mean come on!  you see the same guy in the same place for two of your shifts (if you're assuming the overworked nurse in manitoba, which they are, that's 8 hours of two days straight, 16 hours of seeing this man off and on), wouldn't you wonder why the hell he hasn't received treatment, considering how he's in the EMERGENCY WARD?

[L10]

One case doesn't prove a thing, but I do agree. We have too few staff, too many emergencies, etc.

and our hospitals need to at least acknowledge that someone has been sitting in their hospital for almost A DAY AND A HALF.

When my grandmother had cancer and had to get to the hospital(do remember the exact reason) she had to wait like a whole 24 hours...

[Tupin]

One benefit for paying for health care, I guess.

[Sgt.Chilly]

you're entirely wrong.

Can't argue with a self-justifying statement.

I mean that literally.

[Beatnik]

One case doesn't prove a thing, but I do agree. We have too few staff, too many emergencies, etc.

It's not just one case though. At the bottom of the article, it lists four other people who had the same thing happen to them.

[TheDarkChief]

Yes, I've heard about that.

That's because they're short on doctors because they go to other cites for more money.

[Jono2]

Yes, I've heard about that.

That's because they're short on doctors because they go to other cites for more money.

thats no excuse for ignoring a man in the emergency ward for 34 hours.

if they're understaffed, ship the patients off somewhere.

[Riosan]

You get what you pay for.

If you don't pay, expect a bad deal. It's why the US should never adopt universal health care.

[Tupin]

You get what you pay for.

If you don't pay, expect a bad deal. It's why the US should never adopt universal health care.

I agree 100%.


If anything, you should be required to buy your own health insurance, and even that probably wouldn't work in the US.

[Jono2]

You get what you pay for.

If you don't pay, expect a bad deal. It's why the US should never adopt universal health care.

we pay for it out the wazoo with taxes

[Gwen Khan]

You get what you pay for.

If you don't pay, expect a bad deal. It's why the US should never adopt universal health care.

I agree 100%.


If anything, you should be required to buy your own health insurance, and even that probably wouldn't work in the US.

so only the people that can afford health insurance should get health care, and those who can't can just go die in the street?

[Friendly Hostile]

Our hospitals aren't always speedy either.  I had to go get a chest x-ray once and had to wait several hours to get in.  And it wasn't cheap either.  Even though the x-ray itself took all in 10 minutes to do.

[Jono2]

Our hospitals aren't always speedy either.  I had to go get a chest x-ray once and had to wait several hours to get in.  And it wasn't cheap either.  Even though the x-ray itself took all in 10 minutes to do.

oftentimes when i break/injure a limb (broken arms, sprained wrists, ankles) i have to wait 3+ hours in the ER alone.