On Oct 9, 6:16*pm, Mike Dobony wrote:
After serious thinking Bob F wrote :





Mike Dobony wrote:
Look at other nations that have national health care. Canadians are
coming to the US for treatment. They have to wait for over a day in
the emergency room for treatment. In the UK it takes nearly two years
to see a specialist to diagnose sleep apnea and then you are not
allowed to buy necessary medical equipment to deal witih it. Is that
what you want here?

More people leave the US for treatment than come here for treatment. What
does that say?

In 2007, an estimated 750,000 Americans traveled abroad for medical care; the
number is expected to increase to 6 million by the end of this year.1 On the
flip side, only a little more than 400,000 nonresidents visited the U.S.. in
2008 for the latest medical care.In 2007, an estimated 750,000 Americans
traveled abroad for medical care; the number is expected to increase to 6
million by the end of this year.1 On the flip side, only a little more than
400,000 nonresidents visited the U.S. in 2008 for the latest medical care.

http://www.the-hospitalist.org/detai...edical_Tourism...

http://www.health-tourism.com/medica.../usa-research/

Are they going to countries with socialized medicine or just cheaper
health care? There is a push in Canada to go back to the old way as
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It works here in the UK.