Different class levels for Medical assistance.. yes no?

[Chiliagon]

so as we all know,

(or most)

that when a pro athlete, on a pro team.. gets injured and requires an MRI to determine the injury and needs surgery...

he gets to go to the hospital the next day and it's done!

yet, we as the average folk. are told, "you're appointment will be in 4 months.. or 8 months" and that's just for the MRI..

nevermind the surgery.

Should all people, regardless or earnings, position, employment.. be forced to wait just like everyone?

 

[lone wolf]

Are you planning on clamping potential queue-jumpers to a hospital bed so they can't go somewhere else - even across a border? If anyone can afford the product, what's the problem with getting it faster?

Did you want to get the first Xbox?

 

[TenPenny]

Actually, the reason that pro sports people get MRIs right away is that they pay for them.

Same for workers comp cases. Workers comp gets billed for the tests. And your doctor bills workers comp, not medicare, for treatments for workers comp cases.

 

[Chiliagon]

nope.

my desire for video came consoles ended years ago.. when the PS2 was out. I had one.. but my desire for sitting needlessly in front of my tv for hours on end waned when I noticed how little I got done..


I think that nobody should be able to push aside someone who's been waiting for 4 months for an MRI.. just because he's got money to pay for it or is with a Pro hockey team.

 

[lone wolf]

Who are they pushing aside if they're going to a private clinic?

By that logic, the day I had my heart attack while they were mining for a vein, they should have made me wait because even though my number was being punched, they were only serving Number Ten, eh?

Do you feel threatened when someone passes you in traffic too?

 

[Chiliagon]

Who are they pushing aside if they're going to a private clinic?

By that logic, the day I had my heart attack while they were mining for a vein, they should have made me wait because even though my number was being punched, they were only serving Number Ten, eh?

Do you feel threatened when someone passes you in traffic too?

that's different man

that's a life threatening issue there..

getting an MRI for a torn ligament isn't life threatening. the man isn't going to die in the next hour if he doesn't get his MRI!

and of course not..

 

[lone wolf]

Is he getting that MRI done through ER in your local hospital or at a Team-sponsored private clinic?

 

[Chiliagon]

Is he getting that MRI done through ER in your local hospital or at a Team-sponsored private clinic?

shouldnt matter..

no exceptions.

 

[lone wolf]

Universal Health Care is just a minimum standard - bottom line care. Do you pay extra for a private room on your Provincial healthcare plan?

 

[Chiliagon]

ive never had a room. so I wouldn't know

 

[karrie]

I can wait for an appointment for a physio assessment funded by the government (the allotted times are limited, so the wait is longer), or I can go in tomorrow, pay the $90 myself, and get my shoulder looked at right away and get a list of exercises to improve my shoulder so I can lift groceries, clean house, and sleep properly again. Why should I wait just because the government is only willing to pay for a limited number of patients/week? Same goes for imagery machines... the government allotment doesn't meet the number of spots available for the clinic, so why wait and leave the machine sitting empty if you have the resources to ensure you're back at work sooner?

Now, it IS up to the government to ensure that it budgets its allotment so that people don't sit on waiting lists for months on end, but that's another story.

 

[TenPenny]

ive never had a room. so I wouldn't know

But should you be allowed to have a private room that's the question.

 

[JLM]

nope.

my desire for video came consoles ended years ago.. when the PS2 was out. I had one.. but my desire for sitting needlessly in front of my tv for hours on end waned when I noticed how little I got done..


I think that nobody should be able to push aside someone who's been waiting for 4 months for an MRI.. just because he's got money to pay for it or is with a Pro hockey team.

You have an uphill battle here. I don't know of any facet of life where money doesn't "talk".