political foo: Incontinent health care

[alpharaposa]

In Quebec, you can wait 3 years for a procedure to relieve severe incontinence.

That's a lot of sleepless nights.

Comments

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

However I can tell you from personal experience that if something is serious, you have it taken care of immediately. When I was admitted with a 105 degree fever (yes, you can indeed die of the flu!) I was stabilized and received what would have been $15,000 worth of tests for free. My friend Don's doctor noticed what sounded like a worsening heart murmur on Wednesday. He had an EKG in another hospital on Monday--and surgery for his distended aorta on Thursday morning.

I lived in Canada from 1990 to 2002, with 8 years specifically in Quebec. I keep hearing these scare stories but never experienced anything bad nor knew anyone who did.

[aefenglommung.livejournal.com]

In other words, they just tell you to piss off.

[stryck.livejournal.com]

Right. It just isn't urgent enough.