Comments on: Canadians are willing to jump the queues http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/10/canadians-are-willing-to-jump-queues.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Zagreus Ammon http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/10/canadians-are-willing-to-jump-queues.html/comment-page-1#comment-81451 Zagreus Ammon Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/10/canadians-are-willing-to-jump-the-queues.html#comment-81451 Come on Kevin, you must be familiar with proliferating border businesses that allow better access to Canadians that can pay. <br/><br/>There is a facility in Champlain New York that caters to Canadians that jump the queue. It's not doing as well since the mid-90's when a radiology facility opened in the Outremont district of Montreal catering to cash-paying patients who don't want to wait. It has been slowly expanding and offering more and more services.<br/><br/>Given the US dollar flushing down the toilet, strategic advantages are available at US hospitals that offer reasonable pricing structure.<br/><br/>Canadian provinces are slowly adopting two-tier systems; one for access at a price and the rest, basic services with a wait.<br/><br/>Nothing wrong with tiers as long as people don't die in the street because they can't pay and taxes remain reasonable overall. Come on Kevin, you must be familiar with proliferating border businesses that allow better access to Canadians that can pay.

There is a facility in Champlain New York that caters to Canadians that jump the queue. It’s not doing as well since the mid-90’s when a radiology facility opened in the Outremont district of Montreal catering to cash-paying patients who don’t want to wait. It has been slowly expanding and offering more and more services.

Given the US dollar flushing down the toilet, strategic advantages are available at US hospitals that offer reasonable pricing structure.

Canadian provinces are slowly adopting two-tier systems; one for access at a price and the rest, basic services with a wait.

Nothing wrong with tiers as long as people don’t die in the street because they can’t pay and taxes remain reasonable overall.

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