Vienna's mom kept coming back to the same question. How long are we supposed to wait before we do something?
She was worried her daughter would end up with permanent spinal problems if she kept waiting in Canada's health care system.
So she started looking outside the country. She found a surgeon offering a newer version of the tethering surgery Vienna needed, one that Vienna was a candidate for. The family flew abroad, got the surgery, and after six weeks of recovery Vienna is healthy.
They are thankful for the health care we have here, but want better for kids with scoliosis in Alberta and across Canada.
Watch Vienna's full story: https://t.co/dZ6SFA40Lx
Learn more about fixing the system at https://t.co/ZU5gIoc0Rj
@yuri_fulmer If you had an executive with this lack of skills in self awareness, ability to hire and then lack of leadership skills, you would have fired them a long time ago. Turn the page and support anyone who can build a team that can win.
Manitoba taxpayers just got handed a $40 million bill they never signed up for.
New research shows people from outside Canada came to Manitoba, received health care, then went home without paying. Over the past five years, those unpaid bills added up to nearly $40 million.
That money could have covered almost 3,400 hip replacement operations for Manitobans stuck waiting in pain.
Fixing this is not complicated. Other countries already require visitors to carry travel health insurance before they arrive. Canada could too. That is money we could put back into shorter wait times and better care for the people who actually paid into the system.
The current approach is not working. It is time to count the cost and demand better.
Read the full report at https://t.co/zUEKXhpoTl
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Canadians have been told for years that our only choices are the current system or the American system. That's a false choice.
Many European countries have universal health care, shorter wait times and more choice in how care is delivered. Alberta is beginning to move in that direction by expanding the role of non-government providers while keeping universal coverage.
If it works elsewhere, it's worth paying attention.
Learn more at https://t.co/wmWltbdlRm
Not true. Many surgeons are limited in access to ORs. Govt fully rations care as it has to manage to their budgets which are fixed. This creates a huge unmet need. Being the only country that outlaws any other access, you must be content with letting politicians decide when you or your family can obtain care. Obviously every other country understands the unmet need and the need to allow other forms of revenue to provide services. IE third party insurance or private pay. Canadian ideologues need to get out and understand other higher performing systems.
Seemed to have implied anti private. All those countries have a variety of regulations that prevent the left wing call of all doctors will leave. Perhaps have them spend some of their large capital inside their associations and unions to go to Europe.
Europeans are aghast that we legislate no access. How can we do that to the sick and injured. Clearly govt will never have enough $$ for demand. There is lots of capacity in certain sectors that wait around for access to govt controlled ORs. If they won't fund then get out the way.
@FrancesWiddows1@Tkemlups Let’s dig and find out. If any other group alleged these crimes, the RCMP would have it taped off and started forensics right away and worked all day long.
Not sure that you’re not the ideologically captured individual. I guess that every country with universal Healthcare that uses choice and open access must all be worse than Canada. Finally, there’s new leaders that will try what works elsewhere. Anyway, if it doesn’t work we can always go back to our great system we have now.
Windsor Regional Hospital has reportedly lost another $236,000 operating its Tim Hortons location, bringing total losses to nearly $3 million since 2011.
That’s money critics say could have gone toward hiring nurses, expanding patient care, or reducing pressure on hospital staff instead of subsidizing a government-run coffee shop. The latest numbers are renewing questions about why the hospital continues operating the locations internally instead of outsourcing them.
Read the full story here: https://t.co/pdmOLsFaBx
Non-residents are travelling to Alberta, receiving health care and not paying their bills, leaving Alberta taxpayers to pick up the tab! See the news release here: https://t.co/aL0eKYwgpm
@SecondStreetOrg@franco_nomics This is one province! This tourism health care is not new, and it impacts all of Canada, not just BC & then add in the “irregular migrants” that have found their way here & get free health care. It’s not free we the people are paying for it, and cant get access for months.
Canadians are often told to wait — even when treatment is available elsewhere.
Under the European Union’s cross-border directive, patients can receive care in other regions or countries if wait times at home are too long.
A similar approach in Canada could give patients access to hundreds of additional treatment options across provinces and internationally — helping people get surgeries and procedures sooner instead of waiting months or years in their home province.
What does a high-performing universal health care system actually look like?
In Japan:
-Multiple providers compete to deliver care
-Patients can often see specialists the same day
-Access is available 24/7
-Prevention is built into everyday life
All while keeping costs manageable and ensuring no one goes bankrupt.
Meanwhile, Canada continues to struggle with long wait times.
Take a look at the full story and watch how it works in practice: https://t.co/eQA3TymlH3
@PartyPrat@SecondStreetOrg Great. Export our dollars to the US? Why not keep them here to employ under utilized nurses and physicians. We train and they leave.