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Is care really hard to access?
And no offense to all the Doctors working hard. You can’t just make them accountable for the current state. The main thing I learned though is that there are limits in stretching individuals when you don’t have sufficient capacity.
Well, they aren’t paid THAT much, save some extremely specialized segments. Family docs and general internists probably make in the 200-300k range, and those are the largest residency cohorts. Medicine is much more lucrative in the US.
My guess is tightly controlled supply... we have very few medical schools in Canada with a few thousand seats per year total, whereas the US has hundreds of schools and it’s relatively easy to get in.
For perspective here though, annual HOUSEHOLD income hovers at about 70k. Doctors are definitely paid a lot. Wouldn’t you rather have twice as many doctors, paid at 150k a year?
You answered your own question. "Why is price high when supply is so low for this very in demand thing?"
I'd argue it's more due to bullshit beaucracy though, which I guess sometimes does cause there to be less doctors (see Certificate of Need laws).
As usual depends. If you hear people coming from some countries in Asia or Africa, they value the Canadian healthcare system. I personally lived in many countries indulging Europe and I’m pretty disappointed. It’s basically free for most basic consultations. It just takes forever to get an appointment unless you go private and pay ridiculous bills. I still don’t have a family doctor after 15 years on a waiting list. Finally when you go to an open clinic, they can basically make you wait 4 hours next to other sick folks and the Dr span of attention doesn’t go above 1 min (which is lower than some of our Partners). At the emergency you can easily spend 12 hours depending on the lineup.
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South Korea, Japan, and Singapore all have better public healthcare systems than Canada
Personally I love it. I'm an immigrant, and got a good doctor.
Never had a problem with him being available or arranging specialist support. Got 3 sleep tests performed, and a CPAP machine - yah had to wait a month or so to perform them, but it was for snoring. During the pandemic had a slight accident at home that required a visit to the ER and some stitches. Yeah It took 3 hours to sew my hand, but it was a minor issue (was thrown together with the ankle sprains and such) - and 3 days later my family doctor gave me a call to check on me. Apparently they share in a system any er visit with you primary physician. Was not expecting that, and was pleasantly surprised.
Yeah it's public, so exams and such do take longer, but very manageable.
The peace of mind of not having to pay for anything, is very reassuring. Very scared of hearing about hospital bills south of the border.
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M1 is correct. If you want treatment for not very serious conditions for free, the Canadian healthcare system is okay. But for mildly serious injuries you’re better off paying for great healthcare in the US.
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Doctors earn so much? How much do you think they earn?
I don’t think it’s the supply of doctors but rather the fact that it’s a public service. There is an obligation to be responsible with public funds so that’s been built into our medical processes. It’s set up to care for the majority in a fiscally responsive way vs. providing a great, timely experience for the patient (like you’ll find in the US when you pay for it).
Do you like Canada healthcare system guys? Is it easy to get doctors? Am in US but curious about Canada
Healthcare is super easy to access here, assuming you need it. Also doctors are don’t make that much in Canada (150k-300k) given their schooling and level of expertise. At any given age they’d probably make as much doing consulting, banking, or even accounting.