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We have parishes in Louisiana, not counties. (-:
Hey I knew that! [g] And northern Canada has "Municipal Districts",
a totally soulless label. I once lived in Alberta MD #56... what a
drab name.
Generally, they are operated by a 'hospital authority'
at the county level. That authority has the power to tax
and that tax appears as a line item on the property tax
statements in that authority's service area.
Ah, I'm beginning to understand how your system works a bit
better. I had the impression most of your hospitals were
privately owned, for-profit institutions that billed
people.
I note that there doesn't seem to be much in the way of
medical research or development of new methods and
procedures in any of those 'industrialized countries' that
have 'universal' health care.
Not by hospitals, but by universities and governments.
What's going to happen in the US is that the congress will
pass its health care reform abomination, and the executive
will sign it. Within ten years there will be no privately
run hospitals in this country, and there will be a
significant shortage of physicians and other medical
personnel. Medical research will grind to a near
standstill, as will development of pharmaceuticals.
I do hope you are being overly pessimistic.
In countries that have socialized health care (aka
'universal' health care) the actual costs of providing
that care are hidden
How is it hidden? The federal budget is a public document.
The true costs of providing the care don't appear on the
bills.
I tend to disagree with that point. I will concede though
that the health budget which is supported by insurance
permiums, often runs a deficit and the shortfall is covered
by general revenue. But that is also true of Unemployment
Insurance, most years until recently, which is supposed to
be self-supporting too.
Does everything up there operate like the MNR?
MNR? Ministry of Renewable resources?
I would hate to be living in a poor rural county in Missiippi or
Louisiana though.
Quoting Bob Ackley to Jim Weller <=-
In countries that have socialized health care (aka
'universal' health care) the actual costs of providing
that care are hidden
How is it hidden? The federal budget is a public document.
In the US, government sponsored health care (IOW Medicare)
does *not* pay the costs of providing health care to the
elderly.
Medicare has for decades been notorious for (1) slow pay
(90 days after submission of the bill is not unusual, most
industries require payment within 30 days), (2)
disallowing charges it doesn't like and (3) writing itself
huge discounts (sometimes more than half of the amount) on
the bills presented.
Canada has caps which are negogiated between the federal
government and the CMA. Perhaps that is one reason are
costs are less. Doctors in the NWT are on salary with the
Dept. of Health. GPs make $80 per hour, most specialists
around $160. I suspect many American doctors make far more.
And your drugs cost more too. We got the whole country
vacinated ( or at least the 90% of the population who
wanted it) against swine flu before Dec. 1 at $8 a pop.
congress routinely underfunds those programs because
they are expen$ive
I agree with that statement, both halves.
There's no reason to expect that anything devised by those
537 pompous, preening, posturing gasbags (I include the
executive along with congress) will accomplish anything
other than the destruction of the US health care system -
and the US economy.
Did you know there are 6 times as many registered lobbyists
trying to influence your politicians instead of leaving
them alone to study the matter and thik things through?
Alaska - like Texas - might be able to escape some of the
damage because of its oil revenues. Texas built a
terrific public health system using revenues from its oil
industry
I would hate to be living in a poor rural county in
Missiippi or Louisiana though.