A monitor from a major pharmaceutical company was in the office today, a lady with a slight British accent. She had apparently emigrated from Britain to Toronto, Canada where she met her husband. He had his eyes set on warmer weather so Tampa has been their home for sixteen years now. With experience with two socialized medical systems, I had to ask the obvious. Her reply was very informative.
First, she pointed out that nothing is truly free. Of course, that's granted. Taxation is very high in both Britain and Canada but citizens are entitled to free medical care and university. Man, it would have been nice to have free tuition but we'll leave that discussion for a latter time. She said the problem in Canada is the lack of services. As a nurse in one of the three large hospitals in a city of five million residents, she said that access to equipment and services considered normal to any trauma center here in the U.S. is scarce.
Her opinion is that we definitely have the best medical care in this country but the system is inherently flaw. Unfortunately, a totally socialized system hasn't been the answer in her experience. There has to be a compromise and perhaps we will be the first to discover it if we can all work together towards a solution.
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