With the debate swirling in the USA about government “involvement” in health provisioning, let’s take  a look back to the case I wrote about on July 17.
Bad news is that my father, living in Canada, does not have a simple knee problem and requires a new knee.
The New England Journal of Medicine reported in 2002 how long long it took for a knee replacement in the US, compared to the province of Ontario in Canada. 3 weeks was the the US wait, 8-10 weeks was the wait in Canada.
My father’s wait will be 14 weeks.
Don’t be fooled by those who say that government interference in health care won’t result in rationing and therefore long waits.
OK: time to look at some real analysis and potential fixes to the real problems .. in future posts.
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