having spent several months entrenched in the Canadian Health care system (with my daughter) in the Toronto area I must say I am more than plesed with it. All of the doctors/specialists/office staff etc. have been wonderful, appts. are held on time, extra steps taken to accomodate our travel requirements and time have been met as well. I have felt that all professionals are truly concerned and have all acted in compassionate and thoughtful ways with us. It is time consuming and has taken awhile but that is to be expected with a large population requiring meical care. It is true that more money is needed to put more nurses in hospitals so wait times for diagnostic tests and surgeries can be performed in a more timely fashion. This is also true of medical technicians and wait times for tests. Through many visits with specialists and many tests run at different clinics and at different hospitals I have not rec'd any bills. Health care is not free here as many believe. We are taxed very highly and from those tax dollars our health care industry is funded. Some things are not fully covered and insurance through employers helps cover most of what isn't with tax money.
Hopefully in May we will find answers to our questions and get on a path to therapies and pain management for my daughter. So far I have no complaints....and that goes for the visits to local clinics, yearly visits with our GP and the odd emerg.visit at the hospital.
While not perfect, for us the health care we have received for our limited requirements has been satisfactory.
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