Almost 15% of patients in the U.K. must wait more than one year to receive treatment, after they have been referred to a specialist by a general practitioner. As much as 50% of patients getting government care must wait between 18 to 52 weeks for treatment.
On average, over three-quarters of Canadians must wait about three months for an MRI under government-operated health care.
Forget about adequate , timely dental care in those countries. You can imagine how their governments put teeth at the bottom of the preference list when they must cut costs.
More than 75% of National Health-care Service British patients waited four or more weeks for admittance into a hospital, as reported in May, 2009.
The average survival rate for all types of cancer for patients in the United States is 60%. Canada’s survival rate is at 55%; Europe’s is at 48%. Or that about 80% survive the prostate cancer diagnosis in the USA , as compared to about 43% in the U.K., under their nationalized service.
Something the Obama administration proponents of government health insurance in this country never mention.
Americans are not all familiar with this. The media tends to overlook such facts. The media continues to spout administration propaganda without much analysis.
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