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to: Bill Lucy
from: Gary Wiltshire
date: 2006-03-22 19:35:10
subject: Re: Sad, Really Sad Fiscal Recklessness

From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:53:10 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

> In article , gaw{at}sover.net
> says...
>> > http://www.pnhp.org/news/2003/september/_canadas_mri_and_ct_.php
>> >
>> > 
>>
>> And I note they didn't present any stats for the American side to show
>> whether they caught up (they haven't).  I for one am not willing to have
>> my relatively decent care dragged down to some Canadian average.
>
> The number of machines should never be an issue. The issue should be
> whether or not the machines are being used effectively as a diagnostic
> tool. The essay shows that Canada is doing so.
>

And I'm still reading horror stories of people dying waiting for doctor
time or simply going for months without "elective" surgeries.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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