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From: Rudy Canoza on 21 May 2007 01:40 Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' ) wrote: > > "Fred G. Mackey" wrote: >> Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' ) wrote: >>> Eeyore wrote: >>> >>>> "Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' )" wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Eeyore wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The US system easily doubles or trebles the cost of equivalent care. >>>>> Really? So it's no big deal to get an MRI in the UK? >>>> Well no AFAIK. I've never needed one Why would it be ? >>>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3610753.stm >>> #begin quote >>> The government is to pay for new mobile MRI scanners in a bid to cut NHS >>> waiting times in England. >>> >>> The machines will be used to carry out an extra 80,000 scans a year, >>> boosting NHS capacity by 10%. >>> >>> MRI scans are used to diagnose a range of medical problems, including >>> cancer, heart disease and epilepsy. >>> >>> Health Secretary John Reid has invited bids from the private sector to >>> supply the new machines and staff to operate them from this summer. >>> >>> A report published in 2002 found over half a million people were waiting >>> in England and Wales for a MRI scan. >>> >> It's no wonder he's never "needed" one. With wait lists that long, >> doctors are probably very reluctant to use them except in extreme >> circumstances. >> > It's important to again point out that in the US all the doctor does is > just order the MRI and you are getting wheeled in for it, no big deal. Whereas in Saskatchewan, you might wait 22 months for it: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/170/5/776-a
From: * US on 21 May 2007 06:28 On Mon, 21 May 2007 05:32:56 GMT, Rudy Canoza <rudy-canoza(a)excite.com> wrote: >... on wait times ... Uninsured Americans get to wait until they die.
From: Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' ) on 21 May 2007 12:29 *, US, * wrote: > > On Mon, 21 May 2007 05:32:56 GMT, Rudy Canoza <rudy-canoza(a)excite.com> wrote: > > >... on wait times ... > > Uninsured Americans get to wait until they die. > Really? So uninsured Americans aren't afforded access to ERs? -- "There are some gals who don't like to be pushed and grabbed and lassoed and drug into buses in the middle of the night." "How else was I gonna get her on the bus? Well, I'm askin' ya.", George Axelrod, "Bus Stop"
From: Rudy Canoza on 21 May 2007 12:29 Bill Bonde ( 'Hi ho' ) wrote: > > *, US, * wrote: >> On Mon, 21 May 2007 05:32:56 GMT, Rudy Canoza <rudy-canoza(a)excite.com> wrote: >> >>> ... on wait times ... >> Uninsured Americans get to wait until they die. >> > Really? So uninsured Americans aren't afforded access to ERs? Don't worry - he knew he was lying when he wrote it.
From: * US on 21 May 2007 15:30
On Mon, 21 May 2007 05:32:56 GMT, Rudy Canoza <rudy-canoza(a)excite.com> wrote: >... on wait times ... Uninsured Americans get to wait until they die. The insured ones get to go bankrupt from the excessive cost of the inferior care. |