http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/too-old-for-hip-surgery/ Mon, 07 May 2012 22:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/too-old-for-hip-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Lee Kurisko Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:12:50 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=125#comment-547 Because the government pays for health care, they ultimately control it trumping decisions made between doctors and patients. Canadians should not be forced to hand their money over to the government in the form of taxes and then let the government decide for them how that money can be spent. Such a relationship is tantamount to slave and master. Once government pays for and controls your healthcare, your freedom is gone. Because the government pays for health care, they ultimately control it trumping decisions made between doctors and patients. Canadians should not be forced to hand their money over to the government in the form of taxes and then let the government decide for them how that money can be spent. Such a relationship is tantamount to slave and master. Once government pays for and controls your healthcare, your freedom is gone.

]]> http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-stories/too-old-for-hip-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Ralph @ MediBid Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:50:12 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=125#comment-546 Just the other day, we had a patient who thought she needed a knee replacement. She would have faced a 13 month wait for an MRI, and who knows how long after that. The MRI showed that she had a baker's cyst which can be easily treated. If she had been on a 2 year waiting list, what would have happened to the joint in that time? She just went to www.MediBid.ca and got an MRI for $410, and it literally took less than 6 hours from when her chiropractor faxed in the request until the had the MRI read by a radiologist. I still cant understand how some people actually believe that it would have been better to make her wait 2 years and then replace the joint. I would appreciate input on this though. Just the other day, we had a patient who thought she needed a knee replacement. She would have faced a 13 month wait for an MRI, and who knows how long after that. The MRI showed that she had a baker’s cyst which can be easily treated. If she had been on a 2 year waiting list, what would have happened to the joint in that time? She just went to http://www.MediBid.ca and got an MRI for $410, and it literally took less than 6 hours from when her chiropractor faxed in the request until the had the MRI read by a radiologist. I still cant understand how some people actually believe that it would have been better to make her wait 2 years and then replace the joint. I would appreciate input on this though.

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