Wednesday, December 21, 2011
A question about Universal Health Care.....?
I'm not all aboard the universal healthcare bandwagon either. I've studied a bit of the systems in Japan, Netherlands, France, and Germany and must say I'm not impressed. Healthcare facilities can't afford to make necessary updates on medical equipment, nor can they afford to make necessary additions to the hospitals in order to take in the ill which causes a major crowding problem. You also do not have your choice of doctors, and if hospitalized your PCP can't come in to treat you. Furthermore, waiting times to see physicians are insanely high...you could wait months before getting in because they don't run on an appointment system like we have in the U.S. While their may be a few advantages of it, overall it's not ideal.
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