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Most doctors get paid per patient and I've rarely felt rushed. Some will try to charge certain fees like doctor's notes for employers or mandatory vaccines provided by their clinic for a fee when you can get them for free elsewhere (happened to my kids with their pediatrician) Those practices got shut down over here fast. Doctors who don't assess their patients properly are at risk for losing their license if they make mistakes and they expose themselves to lawsuits. The problems you're talking about are blown out of proportion.All of that is true
The family doctor wait list is a mile long in Nova Scotia and Clinic doctors get paid per patient seen. They absolutely rush everything. And they prescribe 50 year old cheap medication that no longer is effective half the time lol.
It's not a perfect system. Some are indeed on a long waiting list to get a family doctor, but they're still covered for services. There are walk-in clinics still available and they will never be turned away at a hospital. Any hospital anywhere in the country. This isn't true in the states. They can show up at any hospital but depending on whether a certain hospital is covered by the person's HMO can come into play. Surgeries or treatments can be denied even if they're covered. Then there is loss of employment and the effect that has on a family and the insecurity that comes with it from a health coverage standpoint.
Canadians live longer on average than Americans. No one is denied health coverage. The quality of service received may vary depending on region but the same can be said in the U.S,. But I would wager that our doctors are just as competent.
The U.S is ahead of Canada in experimental treatment. Most drug trials and new surgeries are conducted in the U.S. and Health Canada always keeps an eye on those results before approving anything over here. I was actually given a chemo protocol that had been designated the standard of care by the American Association of Oncology the day before I was going to start. They had to order new tubing and materials after that announcement because the results were much better (I was beyond lucky). So I'm grateful that U.S the research is very strong and the regulations in place allow for this sort of thing to happen.
But for 99% of health care issues, Canada scores ahead of the U.S by nearly every possible measure.
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