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From: Jean-pierre.Beland@f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Jean-pierre Beland)
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Subject: HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN ONTARIO
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Date: 10 Jan 91 17:54:06 GMT
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What I am advocating is no more than what we had to pay when health
care insurance was provided by the employer.  At that time, it was
insurance, and the insurance did not pay a cent until you had
reached a certain amount in expenses and they only paid 75% of your
cost.

When the government took over, they still paid 75% of the doctor's
fees, but from the first dollar.  Eventually, most familly
physician accepted the amount from the government and did not ask
the patient to pay the 25%.

The 25% that the government did not pay, became known as extra
billing by the doctors.  In recent years, only specialist extra
billed, or asked for 100% of their fees.

When the familly physician stopped asking for the 25% they also
increased the number of patients they were seeing, so that now you
wait in the doctor's office for an hour or more, and he sees you
for about 5 minutes.

Of course, if a user fee would be charged, those on welfare and the
seniors would be exempt as they are now.  The only ones paying for
medicare is the middle class and the seniors that have enough
income to pay income tax.

the reason that I think that we should have a two tier system, is
that as things now stand, our health care system will get worsee
and new technology will not be used in order to save money.  We
will receive old procedures, that may be good, but new ones will
not.

If those that can pay, did pay, then new technology will come on
stream as there would be a market to pay for it.  Eventually, this
new technology will also be used by those that cannot afford it.

I would rather have the choice between an EMG and a MRI.  I would
gladly pay $50 to have the MRI than an EMG.  cheers, J.P.

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