Doctor Wait times
From: Peter
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:37 AM
To: mmflint@aol.com
Subject: Doctor Wait times
Hello Mr. Moore,
I’m writing to you from Vancouver, BC, Canada. I want to let you know that I support your movie and your work as it exposes a lot of faults in the for-profit system in North America.
I also would like you to know that wait times to see a doctor in Canada aren’t nearly as bad as some media heads would like you to believe. We had to take our son to the Children’s Hospital in Vancouver recently on two occasions. On both occasions we spoke to surgeons within 45 mins. of coming into the hospital. And to top it all off, it didn’t cost us a penny. That’s what I call access to healthcare.
I strongly believe that insurance companies in the US are out there to screw the hard working American people in their quest for making money. People are dying while fighting their corrupt insurance companies who are automatically set to reject all claims. That’s not right. Maybe if the government would prioritize their commitments first, the US would regain its title of being the Promised Land. To me that means ending the war in Iraq and refocusing on taking care of its people at home. It’s been long enough without any gains, but mounting losses.
I’m not saying that the Canadian way of dealing with healthcare is that much superior, but at least its accessible and available to everyone on equal basis. The insurance companies don’t decide who should get treated and who shouldn’t. That just wouldn’t be the Canadian way. That’s the way Tommy Douglas is still such a monumental figure in Canada, so many years after his death.
Yours truly,
Peter
Vancouver, BC, Canada
