Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!alberta!edson!doug
From: doug@edson.UUCP (Doug Konrad)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: health care
Message-ID: <116@edson.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 88 00:27:28 GMT
References: <1988Feb14.082220.4283@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Distribution: can
Organization: Dept. of E.E., U of Alberta, Edmonton,Canada
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In article <1988Feb14.082220.4283@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, pkern@csri.toronto.edu (pkern) writes:
> 
> Can a first trimester abortion be condsidered to have the same complexity as
> the removal of an appendix?
> Does BC's health care system pay for appendectomies on demand?

No, it doesn't. And I doubt any other health care plan will pay for an
appendectomy on demand either. They don't pay for cosmetic surgery (i.e. 
facelifts) - only those procedures where the health of the patient is
threatened.