http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/the-lindsay-mccreith-story/ Mon, 07 May 2012 22:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/the-lindsay-mccreith-story/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Kartik Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:23:29 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=68#comment-490 Unlikely to happen anytime soon, given how the system's associated with national pride! Unlikely to happen anytime soon, given how the system’s associated with national pride!

]]> http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/the-lindsay-mccreith-story/comment-page-1/#comment-489 admin Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:49:26 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=68#comment-489 Kartik, I agree with you. It's up to us, as patients, to usher in a new health care system that promotes and protects the medical freedoms of patients and doctors. Let's get started! Kartik,
I agree with you. It’s up to us, as patients, to usher in a new health care system that promotes and protects the medical freedoms of patients and doctors. Let’s get started!

]]> http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/the-lindsay-mccreith-story/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Kartik Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:28:46 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=68#comment-488 As sad as Mr. McCreith's story is, it's nothing unusual in Canada - too many people are in his predicament. When I first heard about the Canadian medical care system, I thought it was too good to be true. And it was... The system is costly, bureaucratic, completely unfocused on the patient AND deprives us of our individual right to contract with whoever we please because govt bureaucracies decide how our money is to be spent! As sad as Mr. McCreith’s story is, it’s nothing unusual in Canada – too many people are in his predicament. When I first heard about the Canadian medical care system, I thought it was too good to be true. And it was… The system is costly, bureaucratic, completely unfocused on the patient AND deprives us of our individual right to contract with whoever we please because govt bureaucracies decide how our money is to be spent!

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