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[ajgeddes]

What I don't get is how it costs $60,000 to reattach a finger, and $12,000 for the other. Seriously, how can one fingers cost 5 times more than the other? How much money does the doctor get from that surgery?

[Adventurer]

[Adventurer]

[Poemer]

The reason that it costs $60,000 to attach the middle finger and $12,000 for the ring finger is that the middle finger has a greater effect on manual dexterity, whereas the ability to grasp and manipulate objects is not as severely affected by a missing ring finger. You get charged based on the usefuleness of the digit they are reattaching. Even if you don't have insurance, the hospital sets its prices based on the insurance companies formula.

The doctor doesn't "get" any of the money typically, usually the hospital pays him/her a salary. You pay the hospital, not the doctor.

[Wurmwood]

Waaaah! I'm from Canada and I have to wait for surgery. Wah, wah, wah! Boo-friggin'-hoo! Come down to America where you may not ever get that surgery if you can't afford it, or if you can afford it, you'll spend the rest of your life trying to pay off the debt. Come to America where we pay more than twice as much for our healthcare as the citizens of any other nation in the world and half the house-holds in the country are one serious injury or illness away from bankruptcy. Come to America where you may not be able to afford health insurance and even if you can, your insurance company will try to find ways of weaseling out of covering you if anything serious happens to you. You baby's don't know how good you have it.

As for having to wait, didn't Moore cover that in the movie? Didn't he talk about the triage system? If you have to wait for surgery, it's probably because there're other people who need the surgery worse than you do and the doctors have determined that you're healthy enough to wait a while. If you were on the brink of death, I'm sure they'd move you up the list. If you can't wait and decide you want to come down to America, go ahead; if you can afford it.

[kreitler7]

Well, in Canada, some people DO die because the waiting lists are simply too long. Nowadays many of our doctors need to be imported from foreign countries because many of the Canadian doctors are chasing the dollar in the U.S.

My Aunt needed chemo drugs. She has been covered by Alberta Health Care all of her life. But, they said that SHE would have to pay $24,000 for her drugs. So, actually, our insurance cannot always be relied upon, even when we need it most.

I have asked nurses who have worked in both countries. They say both systems are f*cked. And that's the truth. They both have their negatives and positives, that in the end, cancel out. I don't think one system is better than the other. To find a better system, you would probably have to go to Europe or select places in Asia (Japan, Singapore).

[Wurmwood]

I agree; the Canadian system has room for improvement; I just think it's a lot better than the American system and I've got the W.H.O on my side. I think preventative medicine is very important and the U.S. is pretty bad about that.

[kreitler7]

Well, I wouldn't say that Canada practices preventive medicine either. If you are thinking about moving to Canada for the health care, don't. You will be disappointed.

[ajgeddes]

[KINGVIC]

[reactionary]

lol what a troll

[ajgeddes]

You should get a bigger avatar

[kreitler7]

Actually I was born and raised in the richest province (Alberta) and our healtcare still sucks here. Where are YOU from?

[mistermasan]

my brother was working. he fell off the roof. he was alive and conscious. the ambulance was called. fifteen minutes later, a hook and ladder fire engine shows up. the paramedics say- "yes, he needs an ambulance" and they called one. the first responders do not have the ability to transport patients. thirty minutes later the ambulance showed up. they loaded him up and he died enroute to the hospital which was about five city blocks from the accident.

the entire system is broke. people can't get into a doctor, so they go to the emergency room. in our major city there aren't really taxis per say, so people call the ambulance to get to the hospital. to discourage such, they don't send out ambulances but rather fire engines. the firemen determine if an ambulance is really needed.and the honest,hard working husbands and fathers continue to died. of course, the city has immunity in suchj cases.

[kreitler7]

^ Sorry to hear about your brother.

Was that in the US?