US Healthcare doesn't need fixing....

Healthcare in America .... why does it need to be fixed???

Sure if it's all you've known or experienced you'll see the grass on the other side looking greener, but the reality is - sometimes what you have is better than what you perceive it could be.

I've had the privilege of living under the Canadian and US systems and find the US Healthcare system by far superior.

First of all my healthcare in Canada was expensive, about 45% income tax, 15% GST & Provincial sales tax expensive. That's right each paycheck had federal tax deductions of 45%, plus every time I made a purchase (lunch, shoes, shampoo) an additional 15% tax was added. On top of this I still needed to purchase private insurance just to make sure I needed to see a specialist.

Back to the pay - upon moving to the US 7 years ago, I took a 15% cut in pay, but my total take home, including healthcare costs increased dramatically and so did my standard of living.

On the need to have private insurance - my first child was born in Canada, without private insurance my wife would have had her recovery in a room shared with 5 other women. Fortunately we had private insurance to supplement a private room. I've had 2 kids born in the US and the experience has be exceptional compared to the one in Canada.

Right now I'm very greatful to be in the US. My wife is experiencing some medical issues and within days has been scheduled for an MR. In Canada she would be on a waiting list for min. 6 months. When we first moved to Denver there were more MR's in that one city than in most of Canada!!! When people in Canada revert to visiting vet clinics to get CT's or MR's fast you know there is something wrong.

I also learned the universal healthcare in Canada isn't really universal. Moving from one province to another can delay coverage by up to 3 months while the beauracracy tries to catch-up. And try finding a Dr. that is taking new patients, there are people dependant on the ER just because there are no Dr's in their city accepting patients. There is something wrong with that!!!

So, before you accept that the US Gov't can run healthcare better than it is now. Consider what others say, some of us have experienced a social system and have experienced the difference. The rhetoric makes it sound great - the Gov't will take care of you .... but be sure you really know what your giving up before giving them the keys to your health.

One final note, what makes anyone think the Gov't could do a good job at Healthcare, maybe they should fix an insolvent social security before bankrupting healthcare too.